The biggest lake is Lough Corrib.

The waterborne element of Search and Rescue is provided by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution from 43 lifeboat stations including inland stations at Enniskillen and Lough Derg, the coastguard inshore rescue boats, and community rescue boats at eleven stations: Cahore, Tramore, Bunmahon, Bantry, Derrynane, Banna, Ballybunion, Kilkee, Schull, Limerick City, Corrib / Mask.

The university is located near the centre of the city and stretches along the River Corrib.

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

Lough Corrib ( pronounced, ) is a lake in the west of Ireland.

In Irish the lough is also called An Choirib (" the Corrib ").

There is an abundance of wildlife in Lough Corrib including birds and hawks, otters, mink, stoat, frogs, bats and much more.

While Lough Corrib is reputed to have 365 islands, a more accurate estimate suggests over 1, 200.

It is one of the largest of the many wooded islands along Lough Corrib.

This section of Lough Corrib is free from islands except for the rock on which the ancient Hen's Castle of the O ' Connor's and the O ' Flaherty's stands.

Claddagh () is an area close to the centre of Galway city, where the Corrib River meets Galway Bay.

A new gas field known as the Corrib off the Mayo coast is scheduled to come onstream by 2008, however Bord Gais will only be purchasing a small amount of the offtake, the majority will be traded on the International Petroleum Exchange.

The Corrib Classic 5K Road Race is held annually at Billings Field, LaGrange Street, the first Sunday in June.

It is a benefit event hosted by the Bligh family of the adjacent Corrib Pub and Restaurant that has raised over half a million dollars over the years for a variety of local causes.

Lough Corrib is the anglicised form of Loch Coirib which itself is a corruption of Loch nOrbsean which according to placename lore is named after the Irish god of the sea.

The part of the river that flows from the southern end of the lake to the Salmon Weir is known as the Upper Corrib.

The section of the river that runs from the Salmon Weir through Galway city and out into Galway Bay is known as the Lower Corrib.

The only tributary of the Lower Corrib is Sruthán na gCaisláin ( Castle Stream ), a small stream that flows through Newcastle, the grounds of NUI, Galway, and empties into the Lower just downstream of King's weir, commonly known as the fish gates.

Oughterard () is a small town on the banks of the Owenriff River close to the western shore of Lough Corrib in County Galway, Ireland.

The town is a popular angling centre for the eastern shore of Lough Corrib, and Greenfields, 6. 5 km west of the town, is its boating harbour.

Maigh Seola the plain lying on eastern side of Lough Corrib was also considered to be part of Iar Chonnachta up until the 13th century when the native rulers of Maigh Seola-the O Flahertys / Uí Fhlaithbheartaigh-were ousted from Maigh Seola during the Norman invasion of Connacht in that century.

He also subsidised the operation of several steamboats, the most notable of which was the Lady Eglinton, which plied between the villages of the Upper Lough Corrib region and Galway City, thus opening the area to increased commerce.

Some of his efforts were unsuccessful, particularly the Cong Canal, also known as ' the Dry Canal ', which was built to link Lough Mask and Lough Corrib but was a failure, due to its inability to hold water.

The Corrib gas does not contain hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide makes up only 0. 3 % of the total amount of gas.

Protesters against the controversial Corrib gas project, in particular members of Shell to Sea, have alleged that the deal made by Burke which exempted the oil company Royal Dutch Shell from paying any royalties for the gas extracted may have been corrupt.

Next was the smaller Ballycotton gas field in 1989, and the Corrib gas field in 1996.

Exploitation of the Corrib project has yet to get off the ground because the controversial proposal to refine the gas onshore, rather than at sea has been met with widespread opposition.

Statoil was a partner of Royal Dutch Shell in the Corrib gas project, which entails developing a natural gas field off the west of Ireland.

In July 2005, five men from the north of Kenny's Mayo constituency were jailed over their opposition to the Fianna Fáil-led government's plans for the Corrib gas project.

During his tenure he oversaw the controversial Corrib gas project.

A number of reports have been written for the IAF, particularly on single issues such as the struggle between the village of Rossport, the Corrib gas field and Shell in 2007.

It has been highly critical of the Corrib gas pipeline and supports the Shell to Sea and Pobal Chill Chomáin campaigns against the laying of the pipeline.

In 2000, one of Fahey's last acts as Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources was to approve the foreshore license for the controversial Corrib gas project.

* Corrib gas field, a natural gas reservoir in the Atlantic, about 80 km off County Mayo on the west coast of Ireland

Like oil, natural gas is often found underwater in offshore gas fields such as the North Sea, Corrib Gas Field off Ireland, and the Sable Offshore Energy Project in the Scotian Shelf near Sable Island.

It has recently taken a strong stand against the government and Royal Dutch Shell's plans to build an inland natural gas refinery in Erris ( see Corrib gas project ).

The discovery of the Corrib gas field in the Atlantic Ocean some 85 km off Broadhaven Bay has led to the Corrib gas project and ensuing controversy.

The project includes a development of the Corrib gas field, and constructions of the natural gas pipeline and a gas processing plant.

The Corrib natural gas field was discovered in 1996.

Royal Dutch Shell proposed to develop the Corrib field as a sub-sea production facility with onshore processing.

The Corrib gas field is located about off Erris Head in County Mayo in an area known as the Slyne Trough in water depths of.

There are five production wells at the Corrib field drilled by Transocean Sedco 711 semi-submersible drilling rig.

The pipeline from the Corrib field to the landfall at Glengad is planned to be approximately in length.