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Galway, Co Galway

Galway, Co Galway

Galway is known as "the City of the Tribes", a reference to the fourteen merchant families who dominated the city between the 14th and 17th centuries and built it into a leading centre of trade and shipping in Europe. This golden period in the city's history came to an end abruptly in 1691 when the city backed the wrong horse, throwing its support behind King...
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These guides are intended both as a useful resource to those planning and trip to Ireland, and as short guides you can print out and take with you when you visit. There are a LOT more towns to come - you can probably see that we are working vaguely alphabetically! - but we're working on it and they will be along soon.