Corrib River, a short river with a long history!
The Corrib River in Galway flows from its source in Lough Corrib (Corrib Lake), through Galway city and into the sea at Galway Bay. The river is only eight kilometers in length from the lake to the sea and is said to be the shortest river in Europe. It is also believed to be the…
Galway’s old Pro-Cathedral, a Catholic Church established by Protestants
Galway’s Pro-Cathedral is located at the corner of Abbeygate Street and Middle Street and was a highly significant religious building in its day. It was commissioned in July1816 and there are many mysterious stone carvings, called ‘1816 Stones’ around the city marking this date. The building was opened in 1829 towards the end of the…
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Yeats Tower,Thoor Ballylee, Galway
The Hiberno-Norman tower, Thoor Ballylee, is located quite close to Coole Park in County Galway. The tower is a fine and well-preserved fourteenth-century tower but its major significance is due to its close association with his fellow Nobel laureate for Literature, the poet WB Yeats. It was here the poet spent summers with…
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Welcome!
Welcome to Western Tours and Tales blog page ! Our blogging journey will include various posts and topics related to the history, heritage and culture of the people and landscape along the Wild Atlantic Way of the West coast of Ireland.
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