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Information related to all of County Galway

Towns and Parishes

COUNTY GALWAY

"Galway, a county of Ireland, in Connaught, 82 m. long and 42 broad; bounded W by the Atlantic, N by Mayo and Roscommon, E by Roscommon, King's county, and Tipperary, and S by Clare and Galway bay; it contains 2593 square miles, is divided into 116 parishes, and sends 2 members to parliament. The greater part is very fertile; but towards the N and W the soil is coarse. It abounds with rivers and lakes: of its rivers, the principal are the Shannon, the Suck, and the Blackwater: lakes, lough Corrib, lough Reagh, and lough Contra. Pop. 286,921. Chief town, Galway."
[From The New London Gazetteer (1826)]

Towns and Parishes

• Beagh
• Connemara
• Cummer

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INFORMATION RELATED TO ALL OF COUNTY GALWAY

• Description and Travel
• Genealogy
• History
• Newspapers
• Periodicals

Description and Travel

Genealogy

• County Galway - Ireland Genealogical Project site
• Galway - Fianna's county page
• Galway Surname Interests
• Irish Times - Galway Genealogical Resources - an excellent guide
• LETTERMULLEN-GALWAY - mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in the island of Lettermullen, County Galway
• IrelandGenWeb - Galway County LOOKUP Volunteer Page

• East Galway Family History Society
• West Galway Family History Society

Farrell, Noel. Ballinasloe Town (Galway). (In the "Exploring Family Origins" Series.). Noel Farrell, Park Road, Longford, Ireland (1998).

History

Transcription by Steve Taylor of an 1842 Ilkustrated London News article on the Galway Starvation Riots

Newspapers

• Galway Advertiser

Periodicals

Blazer: The Craughwell and Ballymona Parish Magazine (annual)
Mr. P.J. Callanan, N.T., Benison House, Craughwell

Galway Archaeological and Historical Society Journal (annual)
Mr. P. O'Dowd, Hon. Secretary, Business Studies Department
R.T.C., Galway

Edited by Brian Randell and last updated 11 Oct 2002 by Richard White

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