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441:) and its English garrison ensconced in Fort Hill just outside the city. Eventually, Galway citizens, who were predominantly Catholic, went against their garrison and supported the confederate side in 1642. The fort was besieged with the aid of Confederate troops until it surrendered and its garrison was evacuated by sea. During the 1640s, Galway was heavily fortified against an expected counter-attack by English forces, which eventually materialised when English Parliamentarian forces 501: 230: 738:
happened that William was joined with his relatives in the war when they demolished their castles, as we have already mentioned; that he grew sorry for this, and went to Galway, under the protection of the English, the month before his execution; but some tale was fabricated against him, for which he was taken and hanged. Such of his followers as went in under this protection were also hanged.
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gcomhbhĂĄ chogaidh lena bhrĂĄithribh an tan do bhriseadar a mbailte amhail do dĂșramar; ba aithreach leis ann sin, agus do chuaigh ar proiteics i gceann Gall go Gaillimh an mhĂ­ roimh a bhĂĄsĂș agus do dealbhadh scĂ©al Ă©igin chuige gur gabhadh agus gur crochadh. Do crochadh a ndeachaigh dĂĄ lucht leanĂșna ar an bproiteicsion sin.
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SeisiĂșn do choinneĂĄil i nGaillimh i MĂ­ December na bliana so inar bĂĄsaĂ­odh iomad ban agus fear, agus do bĂĄsaĂ­odh ann Éamann Óg mac Éamainn mhic Maghnusa mhic ShĂ­thigh, agus ochtar dĂ­olĂșnach de Ghearaltachaibh ina fhochair iar bhfĂĄil a fheasa orthu go rabhadar araon leisna hAlbanaibh sin do marbhadh i
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Mac Iarla Chlainne Riocaird .i. Uilliam BĂșrc, mac Riocaird Shasanaigh mhic Uilig na gCeann, mhic Riocaird, mhic Uilig Chnoic Tua do chrochadh i nGaillimh an treas lĂĄ iar gcrochadh Thoirdhealaigh UĂ­ Bhriain .i. Toirdhealach DĂ©ardaoin agus Uilliam DĂ© Sathairn. Is amhlaidh do tharla d'Uilliam a bheith i
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1586. A session was held at Galway in the month of December of this year, and many women and men were put to death at it; and Edmond Oge, the son of Edmond, son of Manus Mac Sheehy, and eight soldiers of the Geraldines along with him, were put to death, information having been given against them that
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1581. The son of the Earl of Clanrickard, i.e. William Burke, son of Rickard Saxonagh, son of Ulick-na-gCeann, son of Rickard, son of Ulick of Cnoc-Tuagh, was hanged at Galway, the third day after the execution of Turlough O'Brien; that is, Turlough was hanged on Thursday, and William on Saturday. It
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Nevertheless, Galway retained its distinctive physical character. The following account was given of lord justice Sir William Pelham's visit in 1579: "His lordship removed into the towne of Galwaie, twelve mills, verie rocky way, and full of great loughes. The townw is well bulte, and walled, with an
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1577. Alexander, son of Calvagh, son of Turlough, son of John Carragh Mac Donnell, was slain in a combat by Theobald Boy Mac Seoinin, in the gateway of Galway; and there were not many sons of gallowglasses in Ireland at that time who were more wealthy, or who were more bountiful and munificent than
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and the nobles of Leath Mogha into ... and UĂ­ Eachach and Corca Laoighdhe, and the fleet of Leath Mogha by sea to meet them, and they demolished the castle of Bun Gaillmhe, and plundered and burned the town. The defeat of An Cloidhe on the following day on Iarthar Connacht by the same fleet, and
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may God protect us". A bylaw of 1460 ordained as follows: "That no dweller should set or sell land or tenement, within the same town Galway, to no Irishman, without licence from the council for the time being, on payn of forfaiting saidlands and tenements, and one hundred shillings to be divided as
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Slógadh le Cormac mac Mhic Cárthaigh agus le maithibh Leath Mogha ar thír ain agus Íubh Eathach agus Corca Laoighe agus cabhlach Leath Mogha ar muir 'na coinne gur bhriseadar Caisleán Bhun Gaillimhe agus gur argadar agus gur loisceadur an baile. Maidhm An Chlaidhe arna mhárach roimh an gcabhlach
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wrote in 1576: "First, I find the town of Galwaye moche decaied, both in nomber of expert sage men of yeares and yonge men of warre, in respect of that I have seen; which great decay hath growen thorough the horribl spoyle done upon them by the sonnes of the earle of Clanrickrd, in so moche as it
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in Scotland), all Catholics were ordered to leave the city. The corporation, which ran Galway was also confined to Protestants. This is all the more surprising given that a 1762 census showed that of the town's 15,000 or so inhabitants, only 350 were Protestants. The persecution of Galway's old
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On 16 August 1971, a large part of the city centre, stretching from Merchants Road to Williamsgate Street and Eyre Square, was destroyed by fire. The destroyed area was subsequently redeveloped as the Eyre Square/Corbett Court/Edward Square shopping centres.
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could do little against them. The only initiatives were taken by the university battalion of the IRA, who were reprimanded by the local IRA commander who was afraid they would provoke reprisals. This fear was not without justification, as the nearby town of
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Alastrann, mac An Chalbhaigh, mhic Toirdhealaigh, mhic Eoin Charraigh, do mharbhadh i gcomhrac le mac Thiobóid Buí Mhic Sheoinín i ndoras na Gaillimhe, agus níorbh iomaí mac gallóglaigh i nÉirinn in tan sin ba mhó fáltas agus ba thíolacthaí toirbheartaí ná
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Galway received a municipal charter from the crown in December 1484. This ensured the town's independence from the Clanrickard Burkes. At the same time, the creation of the wardenship of Galway gave the townsmen control of the large parish church,
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excellent good haven, and is replenished with many welthie merchants. The townes-men and wemmen present a more civil shew of life than other townes in Ireland do, and maie be compared, in my judgement, next Dublin and Watterford, the only towne".
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Item, that every inhabitant within oure said towne endeavour themselfes to speake English, and to use themselfes after the English facon; and, speciallye, that you, and every one of you, doe put your children to scole, to lerne to speke
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was dried up for a period of a natural day; all the articles that had been lost in it from remotest times, as well as its fish, were collected by the inhabitants of the fortress, and by the people of the country in
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That when anie strange merchants come to their port and haven, that the same be serched and viewed for weapons and munitions, and that none above the number of ten persons of the said ship shall come into the said
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1132 The castle of Bun-Gaillmhe was burned and demolished by a fleet of the men of Munster; and a great slaughter was made of the people of West Connaught, together with Ua Taidhg an Teaghlaigh, and many other
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Item, that noe man, woman or childe, weare noe mantles in the streets, but cloaks or gowns, dubletts and hose, shapen after the English fashion, of the country cloth, or any other cloth it shall please them to
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in the 1840s. Unlike other urban centres in 19th century Ireland, which experienced an explosion in their populations, Galway's population actually declined such was the devastation wrought by the famine.
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By the 1460s Galway was regarded as a beautiful and well-built town, but it endured difficult relations with its Irish neighbours. A notice over the west gate of the city, completed in 1562 by Mayor
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Catholic merchant elite meant that trade declined substantially, and the once busy harbour fell into disrepair. Local traders compensated to some degree for this by smuggling in goods like
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Caisleán Bhun Gaillimhe do loscadh agus do scaoileadh le loingeas Fhir Mhumhan, agus ár mór do thabhairt ar Iarthar Connacht, um Ó Tadhg an Teaghlaigh agus um shaorchlannaibh iomaí eile.
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The second half of the century saw some improvement in Galway's position however, as the railway lines reached the city in 1850. Another important development was the creation of a
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invasion of Connacht in the 1230s. As DĂșn Bhun na Gaillimhe lay in the territory of the O Flahertys they are often recorded as holding this fort for the O Connor Kings of Connacht.
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SeisiĂșn do choinneĂĄil le Sir Risteard Biongam, agus le Comhairle ChĂșige Chonnacht i nGaillimh i mĂ­ Ianuarii. SeachtĂł de mhnĂĄibh agus d'fhearaibh do bhĂĄsĂș ar an seisiĂșn sin.
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Abhainn na Gaillimhe do thriomadh le rĂ© lae aiceanta. Na huile earra do bĂĄdh inti Ăł chian gona hiasc do thionĂłl le lucht an dĂșin agus na tĂ­re i gcoitinne.
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After the 17th century wars, Galway, as a Catholic port city, was treated with great suspicion by the authorities. Legislation of 1704 (the
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1124. Three castles were erected by the Connaughtmen, the castle of Dun-Leodhar, the castle of the Gaillimh, and the castle of Cuil-maeile.
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and often feuding Burkes, Galway sought local autonomy, receiving a murage charter (authority to build a defensive wall) from the Crown in
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Galway, because of its loyalty to the Crown, was used as an occasional administrative centre by the English authorities. The Lord Deputy
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Item, that everie inhabitant, as well within the said towne, as the suburbs of the same, doe shave theire over lipps, called crompeaulis
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in "scandalous circumstances" in 1992 came to be seen as pivotal in the Roman Catholic Church's loss of influence in Ireland.
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The commercial and political situation of Galway bred wariness in its merchants, as shown in a provision of its new charter:
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A more recent book by John Cunningham, dealing with Galway's 19th-century history was published during 2004. It is entitled
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and suffer the haire of their hedds to growe, till it cover theire eares, and that every one of them weare English capps.
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Despite this, Galway showed signs of linguistic and cultural assimilation to the Gaelic society around it. An Act of
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French diplomatic controversy centred in Galway when a likely French warship was wrecked there in 1618. After the
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evidentlye proved before me that fiftie howsholders of that towne doe nowe enhabite under Mac William Croghter 
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TrĂ­ caistil do dhĂ©anamh le Connachtaibh, caisleĂĄn DĂșn Leodha, caisleĂĄn na Gaillimhe, agus caisleĂĄn ChĂșil Mhaoile.
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This fort is also called a caislean (castle) in the annals. It was attacked in 1132 and 1149. Galway lay in the
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The recent tendency to shorten town and city names in Irish has led to some confusion. The name of the city,
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cĂ©anna ar Iarthar Connacht inar marbhadh ConchĂșr Ó Flaitheartaigh, rĂ­ Iarthar Connacht, go n-ĂĄr a mhuintire.
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Galway city played a relatively minor role in the upheaval in Ireland from 1916 to 1923. In 1916, during the
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O’Sullivan, M. D. “Glimpses of the Life of Galway Merchants and Mariners in the Early Seventeenth Century.”
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Flann and Gillariabhach, the two sons of Aineislis Ua hEidhin, were slain by Conchobhar Ua Flaithbheartaigh.
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city and county from the earliest of times until the early 19th century. The book is now out of
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During the Middle Ages, Galway was ruled by an oligarchy of fourteen merchant families (12 of
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and part of Baile an Chláir / Claregalway parish. This district was held by the Ó hAllmhuráin/
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as having executed seventy men and women in Galway in January 1586. In 1588, the year of the
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Item, that noe man, woman or child, weare, in their shirts, or any other garments, no saffron
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There are multiple alternative derivations of the name, some conjectural and some mythical:
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The political turbulence of the region left its mark on Galway in the following decades.
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Dhá mhac Aineislis Uí Eidhin do mharbhadh d'Ó Flaitheartaigh i bhfeall ag Bun Gaillimhe
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was applied to the river first and then later on to the town. Also the common word
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in July and September 1920. In November 1920, a Galway city Catholic priest, Fr.
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DĂșn Bhun na Gaillimhe ('Fort at the Mouth of the Gaillimh') was constructed in
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was abducted and shot by the British forces. His body was found in a bog in
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were relaxed. However the city's rural hinterland suffered terribly in the
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The daughter of a local chieftain drowned in the river, and her name was
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The commonly held view that the city takes its name from the Irish word
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of 1691 after the annihilation of the main Jacobite army at the nearby
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in 1649–52. Galway surrendered to Cromwellian forces in 1652 after a
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they had been along with those Scots who were slain at Ardnarea.
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which covered the parishes of St. Nicholas (the medieval city),
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as a naval base and military fort, by the King of Connacht and
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held Gaillimh at the time of the Norman invasion of the Burkes.
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Galway's economy recovered somewhat from the late 18th as the
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to hit the city's coast, causing some serious damage to the "
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Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society
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The History of the Town and County of the Town of Galway
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through gaps in the town walls. On 1 November 1755 the
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1919–21, Galway was the western headquarters for the
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visited Galway, possibly stopping off on a voyage to
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caused major upheavals, as peoples from east of the
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The city takes its name from that of the river, the
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Investigations As City Re-Builds After ÂŁ2M. Inferno
257:. The city thrived on international trade. In the 176:clan. Clann Fhergail itself was a sub district of 69:/ County Galway which is often incorrectly called 96:(which is pronounced with a broad initial letter 1323:Histories of cities in the Republic of Ireland 776:A town tormented by the sea: GALWAY, 1790–1914 396:, noted for his severity, is described in the 1211: 763:, is considered to the definitive history of 191:Following an unsuccessful week-long siege in 8: 88:, a foreigner) is incorrect, since the name 53:". Today, the river is commonly called the 1218: 1204: 1196: 785:includes details of 18th century Galway. 225:From the medieval era to the 16th century 195:, DĂșn Bhun na Gaillimhe was captured by 895:Quoted in Hardiman, op. cit., pp. 89–90 800: 798: 794: 945:, vol. 15, no. 3/4, 1932, pp. 129–40. 886:Quoted in Hardiman, op. cit., pp. 85-6 783:War and Politics in Ireland 1649–1731 33:(Alternative) derivations of the name 7: 973:, Connacht Tribune, August 20th 1971 904:Quoted in Hardiman, op. cit., pp. 90 633:attacks on Catholic nationalists in 152:, who anchored his fleet there. The 877:Quoted in Hardiman, op. cit., p. 80 868:Quoted in Hardiman, op. cit., p. 64 663:In later years, the resignation of 617:was sacked on two occasions by the 319:, dated 1536, ordained as follows: 253:origin and 2 of Irish origin), the 307:, proclaimed: "From the Ferocious 14: 998:"Merchant's Road, After the Fire" 180:the territory of which is called 959:Blaze Engulfs Galway City Centre 244:St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church 1073:MCB1132.1 from Annal MCB1132: 811:The William and Mary Quarterly 714:Conchobhar Ua Flaithbheartaigh 1: 1071:Part 2 of MacCartaigh's Book 756:Hardiman's History of Galway 566:Queens University of Ireland 536:" section of the city wall. 1104:M1577.10 from Annal M1577: 1089:M11378.9 from Annal M1178: 1027:M1124.15 from Annal M1123: 984:"The big fire, August 1971" 707:1132. 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(1992). 590:Royal Irish Constabulary 464:After the demise of the 25:city in the province of 517:Jacobite rising of 1715 478:Act of Explanation 1665 435:Irish Rebellion of 1641 355: 347: 339: 332: 326: 156:note that in that year 932:Hardiman, ibid., p. 93 526:1755 Lisbon earthquake 508: 474:Act of Settlement 1662 451:Act of Settlement 1652 424: 422:Irish Confederate Wars 298:North Atlantic Current 296:swept eastward by the 238: 137: 675:Annalistic references 610:Irish Republican Army 564:in 1845, then named " 503: 457:were transplanted to 415: 271:Lordship of the Isles 232: 131: 1191:Abhainn na Gaillimhe 1183:Cathair na Gaillimhe 961:, RTÉ Archives, 1971 858:. W. 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Index

Galway
medieval
Connacht
River Corrib
Lough Corrib

Ó Flaithbertaigh
1124
High King of Ireland
Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair
Annals of the Four Masters
tĂșath
Clann Fhergail
Roscam
O'Halloran
UĂ­ BhriĂșin Seola
Maigh Seola
Norman
1230
Richard Mor de Burgh
1232
1333
Gaelicised
1396
The Tribes of Galway

O'Flahertys
St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church
Anglo-Norman
Tribes of Galway

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