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Galway, Ireland
Galway, Ireland

Galway

Ireland
Also known as: Gaillimh
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Galway, city, seaport, and county town (seat) of County Galway, western Ireland, located on the northern shore of Galway Bay. Galway city is administratively independent of the county. After the building of the city’s walls by Anglo-Norman settlers (c. 1270), Galway developed as a commercial center and had considerable trade with Spain. Following English conquest, power within the city was distributed to 14 families of English lineage—the so-called “Tribes of Galway”—leading Galway to be called...

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