Francis Fahy the songwriter was born in 1854 at the splendid seaside village of Kinvara, nestled neatly in the innermost shores of Galway Bay. Indeed Fahy made Galway Bay famous worldwide when he penned a song about it. He died in 1935 and his birthplace is marked by a memorial plaque at the junction of…
Ballinderreen, Co. Galway – The burning of Tyrone house 1920 #InThisPlace
Tyrone house was built in the 1770s for Christopher St.George, a large landowner in Galway. The house was built on the brow of a hill making it particularly inposing. The sweeping bends on the approach roads add spectacularly to its majesty. It had three floors and a basement. A tunnel led from the basement to…
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