Galway
a municipal and parliamentary borough of Ireland, a seaport , and county of itself, at the mouth of the river Corrib, on the N. shore of Galway Bay, 50 miles N. N. W. of Limerick. The old town is poorly built and irregular.
The new town consists of well-planned and spacious streets, and is built on a rising ground which slopes gradually toward the sea and the river. Galway is the see of a Catholic bishop, but is in GALWAY BAY the Protestant Episcopal diocese of The principal buildings are the cruciform church (Episcopal) of St.
Nicholas (1320), St. Augustine's Catholic Ch Church , Queens College, monasteries, nunneries, the county court house, barracks, etc.
Galway has flour mills, extensive salmon and sea fishing, a good harbor, and a lighthouse. During 1858- 1864 a line of steamers plied between Galway and the United States. The exports consist mainly of agricultural produce , wool, and black marble. It was taken by Richard de Burgh in 1232.
From the 13th till the middle of the 17th century it continued to rise in commercial importance. In 1652 it was taken by Sir Charles Coote, after a blockade of several months; and in July, 1691, it was compelled to surrender to General Ginkell. Pop. about 16,000.