Similar to the cities of Cork, Limerick, Galway, and Waterford — Dublin is administered separately from its respective County with its own City Council.

* James Duane, Mayor of New York City 1784, son of a Galway man.

There are also several smaller regional airports: George Best Belfast City Airport, City of Derry Airport, Galway Airport, Kerry Airport ( Farranfore ), Sligo Airport ( Strandhill ), Waterford Airport and Donegal Airport ( Carrickfinn ).

In 1527 a statute recorded in Galway City in Ireland stated, " At no time to use ne occupy ye hurling of ye litill balle with the hookie sticks or staves, nor use no hand balle to play without the walls, but only the great foot balle.

The Galway County () and Galway City () Gaeltachtaí have a combined population of 48, 907 and represent 47 % of total Gaeltacht population.

An Cheathrú Rua is west of Galway City, while An Spidéal is west of Galway City.

The system was modified also in subsequent legislation, particularly the City and County Management ( Amendment ) Act, 1955, which made some adjustments to give greater power to the council members, and the Local Government Act 1985, which provided for the council – manager system in Galway City once detached for local government purposes from Galway County.

Initially a passionate supporter of Parnell, he became disenchanted with his leader after the first clash occurred in 1886 when Healy opposed Parnell's party nomination of Captain William O ’ Shea to stand for Galway City.

Galway Airport () is located at Carnmore, north of Galway City, County Galway, Ireland and is managed by Corrib Airport Limited.

On March 21, 2007, Cryptosporidium was confirmed to be present in the drinking water of Galway City, Moycullen, Oughterard and Headford, which had been instructed six days earlier to boil their water before drinking.

Galway City Council announced a one-for-one scheme on April 10, 2007, whereby they would carry the cost of a second bottle of water, if one is purchased.

Cruises on the lake can be enjoyed starting from Cong, Ashford Castle, Galway City, and Oughterard.

The granting of collegiate status in 1484 required that the City of Galway and some surrounding parishes be severed from the Archdiocese of Tuam.

* Role of Honour: The Mayors of Galway City 1485-2001, by William Henry, Galway, 2002.

Some sources give his birthplace as Connemara, County Galway, Ireland, and others as Leeds, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, where he grew up.

After the end of filming of The West Wing, Sheen announced plans to further his education: " My plan is to read English literature, philosophy and theology in Galway, Ireland, where my late mother came from and where I'm also a citizen.

* West Galway – A hamlet by the east town line.

Mary Mitchell O ' Connor ( PD Councillor 2004 – 08 ) was elected in Dún Laoghaire for Fine Gael, Ciarán Cannon ( PD Senator 2007 – 09 / Party leader 2008 – 09 ) was elected in Galway East for the same party, while Noel Grealish ( PD TD 2002 – 09 / Caretaker leader 2009 ) was re-elected as an independent TD for Galway West.

In 2002, Scallon contested a seat in Galway West in the Irish general election, again as an independent.

The family peerage, Viscount Gort, was named after Gort, a town in County Galway in the West of Ireland.

He became a patron of Croi ( The West of Ireland Cardiology Foundation ) in 1997 in response to the care given to his mother while she was a patient in a Galway hospital.

Galway is at the junction of County Road 45 ( East Street / West Street ) and New York State Route 147 ( North Street / South Street ) in the central part of the town.

* West Galway – A hamlet on the west town line on County Road 45.

She previously served as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála ( TD ) for the Galway West constituency from 1975 to 1997.

Her father, Johnny Geoghegan, was Fianna Fáil TD for Galway West from 1954 until his death in 1975.

These domestic destinations included Cork Airport, Shannon Airport, Kerry Airport, Galway Airport, Ireland West Airport Knock, Waterford Airport, Sligo Airport, and City of Derry Airport in Northern Ireland.

:* Galway West ( Dáil Éireann constituency )

It was planned for two regional country and Irish licences to be advertised with the first ( North East ) region covering North Kildare, Meath, Louth and parts of Cavan and Monaghan ; and the second ( Mid West ) region covering Limerick, Galway, Clare and parts of Tipperary and Kerry.

A 2. 7-kg, 60-cm sea trout, from Galway Bay in the West of Ireland bearing scars from a fishing net

* Galway Kinnell, " Sheffield Ghazal 4: Driving West ", " Sheffield Ghazal 5: Passing the Cemetery " ( Mariner Books ), 2001

Stanford-in-the-Vale, Berkshire ; Iver, Buckinghamshire ; Marlow, Buckinghamshire ; Littleover, Derbyshire ; Stalbridge, Dorset ; Misterton, Leicestershire ; Harmondsworth, Middlesex ; West Drayton, Middlesex ; Milborne Port, Somerset ; Beaudesert, Staffordshire ; Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire ; Cannock, Staffordshire ; Haywood, Staffordshire ; Longdon, Staffordshire ; Rugeley, Staffordshire ; Surbiton, Surrey ; Nuneaton, Warwickshire ; Amlwch, Anglesey ; Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, Anglesey ; Plas Newydd, Anglesey ; Penrhyn, Caernarfonshire ; Crobane, County Down ; Galway, County Galway ; Cooley, County Louth ; Omeath, County Louth.

Gort is a small town in County Galway in the West of Ireland.

Molloy was first elected to Dáil Éireann in the 1965 general election for the Galway West constituency.

Bus Éireann operates special one-day sightseeing tours from Dublin to locations such as Glendalough, Newgrange ; from Cork, day tours to the Ring of Kerry, County Clare, West Cork and Cape Clear Island ; and from Galway, tours of Connemara and the Burren.

He has been a Teachta Dála ( TD ) for the Galway West constituency since 1992 and was previously a member of Seanad Éireann.

Ó Cuív first stood for election at the 1987 general election, in the Galway West constituency, where he was the last-placed of the four Fianna Fáil candidates, only two of whom were elected.

He served there until the 1992 general election when he was elected as a Fianna Fáil TD for Galway West.

Galway lost 5, 000 men killed and 12, 000 taken prisoner ; of his army of 22, 000 only 5, 000 escaped to Tortosa.

The Western Railway Corridor north of Ennis ( to Athenry and Galway ) reopened 30 March 2010 with 5 return services daily.

Kilbride is one of Ireland ’ s most widely spread placenames, there are 43 Kilbrides located in 19 of Ireland ’ s 32 counties: Antrim ( 2 ), Carlow, Cavan, Down, Dublin, Galway, Kildare, Kilkenny ( 3 ), Laois, Longford, Louth, Mayo ( 5 ), Meath ( 4 ), Offaly ( 4 ), Roscommon ( 2 ), Waterford, Westmeath ( 2 ), Wexford ( 4 ), and Wicklow ( 8 ) as well as two Kilbreedy ’ s in Tipperary, Kilbreedia and Toberbreeda in Clare, Toberbreedia in Kilkenny, Brideswell Commons in Dublin, Bridestown and Templebreedy in Cork and Rathbride and Brideschurch in Kildare.

On 5 November, he attended an important football game, featuring his beloved Galway United versus Monaghan United in the second leg in the League of Ireland promotion / relegation play-off at Terryland Park, wrapped in the scarf of his favourite team, and being greeted by a large banner hanging from a stand declaring " Welcome home to Galway, Mr President ".

In season 2007-08 they progressed to the Connacht Schools Senior Cup Final where they met Marist College, Athlone on Wednesday 5 March at the Galway Sportsground.

* 5 December — Tony Keady, Galway hurler.

Kilmacduagh Monastery is found 5 km from the town of Gort in County Galway, Ireland.

Five versions of the tune exist ; 1 and 2 were composed by Martin Galway, 3 by Peter Clarke, 4 and 5 by Jonathan Dunn.

In February 2005, he was nominated as Galway West's Green Party candidate for the 2007 general election, but he failed to be elected getting 5. 49 % ( 3, 026 votes ) of the vote.

Having been elected to Galway City Council by only 40 votes in 2004, he failed to get elected by just 26 votes in another cliffhanger in the new 5 seat electoral area of Galway City West in what was a very poor election for the Green Party nationally.

You can hear an audio podcast of the 2010 opening speech, the bell ringing ceremony and an address by Michael Kilgannon from Galway as he tells the story of the 5 people of his parish Caltra and reads a letter written by his uncle before he boarded The Titanic at http :// www. podcasts. ie / 2010 / 04 / titanic-bell-ringing-ceremony-2010 /

The biggest project is a plan by the National Roads Authority to upgrade 25. 5 km of this route to motorway standard, between Tuam and east of Galway.

The Galway to Tuam upgrade scheme consists of 25. 5 km of motorway commencing at the future interchange of the M18 and the M6 to the west of Athenry.

#" The Galway Farmer " – 5: 48

Mark Killilea, Jnr ( born 5 September 1939 ) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil party politician from County Galway.

* 1998: Push-Erin Galway ( 5 episodes )