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Welcome to County Galway
Galway is ‘just one of those places, those special, magical places that everyone wants to visit if they’ve never been there; that every visitor wants to return to; and that anyone lucky enough to live in, never, ever wants to leave’.
Galway, the largest county in the province of Connacht, lies in the centre of the western seaboard of Ireland. It covers nearly 6,000 sq. kms, (with over 2000km of highly indented coastline) and is divided by Lough Corrib, Ireland’s second largest lake. It has two distinct landscapes - the vast mountainy land of Connemara to the west of Lough Corrib and the rich farming plains of Galway East. The main towns in County Galway are Athenry, Ballinalsoe, Clifden, Gort, Loughrea, Moycullen, Oranmore, Oughterard, Portumna, and Tuam. There are over 50 festivals taking place annually in Galway, celebrating the Oyster Season, Local Arts and Culture, Music, Irish Language and so much more. In Galway the experience is not just of an exceptional landscape but of people and communities who’s pride and openess ensure that most visitors return. Galway County is unique in having Ireland’s largest Gaeltacht (Irish speaking) region. There are four main inhabited Islands off the coast of Galway including the world renowed Irish speaking Aran Islands and Inisboffin.
To discover what Galway County and the Ireland West Region has to offer in terms of places to visit, things to do and places to stay and eat click onto http://www.irelandwest.ie/ or Telephone 353 (0)91-537700
For other tourist websites on Galway follow this link Tourist links.
Link to Live Weather Conditions on Galway Bay for Marine Visitors
http://www.marine.ie/home/publicationsdata/data/IMOS/erdfbuoys.htm
Explore Galway East through our Wayfinding Project
This project showcases a 1000 years of built heritage in Galway East and brings to life through a series of audio discovery tours, available to download on the web and on CD. The Wayfinding Project includes a Driving Tour of Galway East and six walking tours of towns in East.
County Public Mapping System
You can browse the Area of Galway County and view the Location of facilities such as our offices, depots and Swimming Pools. Users have access to the full range of Aerial Photography for the County from 2005, 2000 & 1995. The application also has a “Where Is?” function allowing users to locate their particular area of interest. Bring Bank locations are on the Repak web site.
