A History of County Galway
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2004
Gill Books (Verlag)
9780717136872 (ISBN)
Gill Books (Verlag)
9780717136872 (ISBN)
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Galway is the second largest county in Ireland and the largest in the province of Connacht, both in area and population. Peadar O’Dowd’s interesting history traces its political, administrative, social and economic developments over the centuries.
Galway is the second largest county in Ireland and the largest in the province of Connacht, both in area and population. It is divided in two by the great expanse of Lough Corrib, the largest lake in the Republic of Ireland. To the west lie one of the country's most scenic areas, the mountains of Connemara, while to the east, its fertile plains run gently towards the Shannon basin. Its capital, Galway City stands on the banks of the River Corrib, which flows into Galway Bay.
East Galway is particularly rich in ecclesiastical and monastic ruins, while Galway City has been an important port and trading centre since medieval times, conducting a vigorous trade with places as far away as Italy, Spain and France.
In modern times the county has been a focus of industrial and tourist expansion and contains one of the largest Gaeltachts or Irish-speaking areas in the country. Peadar O’Dowd’s interesting history traces its political, administrative, social and economic developments over the centuries. He pays particular attention in the modern period to the importance of its educational and cultural infrastructures, as well as its changing life styles in the twenty-first century.
Galway is the second largest county in Ireland and the largest in the province of Connacht, both in area and population. It is divided in two by the great expanse of Lough Corrib, the largest lake in the Republic of Ireland. To the west lie one of the country's most scenic areas, the mountains of Connemara, while to the east, its fertile plains run gently towards the Shannon basin. Its capital, Galway City stands on the banks of the River Corrib, which flows into Galway Bay.
East Galway is particularly rich in ecclesiastical and monastic ruins, while Galway City has been an important port and trading centre since medieval times, conducting a vigorous trade with places as far away as Italy, Spain and France.
In modern times the county has been a focus of industrial and tourist expansion and contains one of the largest Gaeltachts or Irish-speaking areas in the country. Peadar O’Dowd’s interesting history traces its political, administrative, social and economic developments over the centuries. He pays particular attention in the modern period to the importance of its educational and cultural infrastructures, as well as its changing life styles in the twenty-first century.
Peadar O'Dowd is a local historian and the author of several books on Galway and the West of Ireland, including Galway in Old Photographs. He is a newspaper and magazine heritage columnist and has lectured in Ireland and abroad. He has served as president, vice-president and secretary of Galway Archaeological & Historical Society and regularly conducts educational tours of his native city and county.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 5.10.2004 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Dublin |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 314 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte |
| ISBN-13 | 9780717136872 / 9780717136872 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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