Editing Galway (section)

===Places of interest===
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[[File:Galway Spaninsh Arch.jpg|thumb|left|Spanish Arch]]
[[File:Galway Riverside Quay.jpg|thumb|Galway River Corrib  (Riverside) Quay near Spanish arch captured on a winter evening.]]
[[File:Galway cathedral.jpg.jpg|thumb|right|[[Galway Cathedral]]]]
[[File:Galway cannons.jpg|thumb|upright|These cannons, previously at Eyre Square and since moved to Galway City Hall, were presented to the [[Connaught Rangers]] at the end of the [[Crimean War]] (1854–1856) in recognition of their military achievements.]]
[[File:Páirc Mhílaoise na bPáistí, Gaillimh - Millenium Children's Park, Galway.jpg|thumb|The Millennium Children's Park in Galway, next to one of the city's many [[canal]]s.]]

* Lynch's Castle on [[Shop Street]] is a medieval townhouse built by the prosperous Lynch family in the 16th century and is now a branch of [[Allied Irish Banks]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.libraryireland.com/Atlas/Galway-Lynchs-Castle.php|title=Lynch's Castle, Galway|website=libraryireland.com}}</ref>
* [[St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church]] is the largest medieval church still in everyday use in Ireland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stnicholas.ie/history|title=History|website=stnicholas.ie|date=16 November 2016}}</ref> This [[Church of Ireland]] church was founded in 1320 and enlarged in the following two centuries. 
* [[Galway Cathedral]], known as the Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and St Nicholas, was consecrated in 1965 and is constructed from limestone. It has an [[Eclecticism#Architecture and art|eclectic]] style, with a [[Renaissance Revival architecture|Renaissance Revival]] dome, pillars and round arches, and a [[Romanesque Revival architecture|Romanesque Revival]] [[portico]] that dominates the main façade&nbsp;– which is an unusual feature in a modern Irish church building.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://curiousireland.ie/galway-cathedral/ |title=The last great stone Cathedral to be built in Europe &#124; Curious Ireland |access-date=5 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605012753/http://curiousireland.ie/galway-cathedral/ |archive-date=5 June 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* The original [[Quadrangle (architecture)|quadrangle]] building of the [[University of Galway]] which was erected in 1849 (during [[Great Famine (Ireland)|the Great Famine]] or ''An Gorta Mór'') as one of the three colleges of the [[Queen's University of Ireland]] (along with [[Queen's University Belfast]] and [[University College Cork]]). The university holds the [[UNESCO]] archive of spoken material for the [[Celtic languages]].<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9_U40byLvsC | title=Sustainable Cities for the Third Millennium: The Odyssey of Urban Excellence| isbn=9781441960375| last1=Mega| first1=Voula P| date=21 September 2010| publisher=Springer}}</ref>
* The Hardiman,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/111843/introducing-the-hardiman-iconic-hotel-announces-rebrand|title=Introducing The Hardiman — iconic hotel announces rebrand|work=[[Galway Advertiser]]|date=5 December 2019}}</ref> originally the Railway Hotel, was built by the Great Southern Railway Company in 1845.<ref name="Hotel Meyrick Website">{{cite web|url=http://www.greatsouthernhotelgalway.com|title=Hotel Meyrick&nbsp;– About|publisher=Greatsouthernhotelgalway.com|access-date=12 August 2010}}</ref> Also known over the years as the Great Southern Hotel and then Hotel Meyrick, it sits at the southern perimeter of [[Eyre Square]] and is the city's oldest hotel still in operation.
* The remains of [[Menlo Castle]] can be seen outside the city, on the eastern bank of the River Corrib. It was one of the ancestral homes of the Blake family, one of the [[Tribes of Galway]] from {{Circa|1600}}–1910. The façade of the family's townhouse ("Blake's Castle") is still extant next to the Jury's Hotel at the bottom of Quay Street.
* Eglinton Canal, named after [[Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton]], a former [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]], joins the River Corrib to the sea, and flows for just more than a kilometre from the university to the [[Claddagh]].
* [[Claddagh|The Claddagh]] is the oldest part of Galway but little or nothing remains of its old thatched village. However, on a side altar of the parish church, St Mary's on the Hill, is the late medieval statue of Our Lady of Galway. The ancient ritual of the Blessing of the Bay takes place on the Sunday nearest to the feast of the [[Feast of Assumption|Assumption]].
* "The Browne doorway", originally located on Lower Abbeygate Street but now standing at the north end of [[Eyre Square]], was the doorway to the townhouse of the Browne family, one of the fourteen Tribes of Galway.
* "The Lynch Window", on Market Street, at which is a plaque commemorating one of the city's legends. According to legend, in 1493, the then-mayor, [[James Lynch fitz Stephen|James Lynch FitzStephen]], hanged his own son for the murder of a young Spanish visitor who had the misfortune to befriend the girlfriend of the mayor's son.<ref>{{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=To0nBwAAQBAJ&q=lynch+window+galway+19th+century&pg=PA15 | publisher = Cambridge Scholars Publishing | title = Apocryphal and Literary Influences on Galway Diasporic History | author = Gay Lynch | date = 2010 | page = 15 | isbn = 9781443826105 }}</ref>
* The Hall of the Red Earl (''Halla an Iarla Rua'') can be viewed through a protective glass wall off Flood Street. It is the earliest medieval settlement fragment surviving within the walls of the city. It was built by the [[House of Burke|de Burgo family]] in the 13th century and was a key municipal building for the collection of taxes, dispensation of justice and hosting banquets. It was the medieval equivalent of tax office, court house and town hall.

====The Claddagh====
[[File:Claddagh at Sunrise (8112577443).jpg|thumb|The Long Walk at Sunrise]]
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On the west bank of the River Corrib as it enters the sea is the ancient neighbourhood of The Claddagh. For centuries it was an Irish-speaking enclave outside the city walls. Claddagh residents were mainly fisher folk and were governed by an elected 'King'. The [[King of the Claddagh]] settled or arbitrated disputes among the locals and had the privilege of a white sail on his fishing boat. While the last holder of the title died in 1972, it is still used in a purely honorary and ceremonial context. The area is also known for its association with the [[Claddagh Ring]].

====Museums====
[[File:Galway City Museum Entrance.jpg|thumb|[[Galway City Museum]]]]
The [[Galway City Museum]] has two main sections: one about the heritage of Galway and one about Irish artists from the second half of the 20th century. This museum also houses the statue of the poet, [[Pádraic Ó Conaire]] which was originally located in the Kennedy Park section of Eyre Square, prior to the Square's renovation. A replica of the statue was erected in Eyre Square in 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/connacht/2017/1123/922289-padraic-o-conaire-statue/|title=Replica of Pádraic Ó Conaire statue unveiled|publisher=[[RTÉ News and Current Affairs]]|date=23 November 2017}}</ref> The museum is near the [[Spanish Arch]], the historical remnants of the 16th century wall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://galwaycity.galway-ireland.ie/spanish-arch.htm|title=Spanish Arch Galway City Spanish Arch Galway Ireland|website=galwaycity.galway-ireland.ie|access-date=25 April 2017}}</ref>

The city's university, the [[University of Galway]], has several museums, including the [[James Mitchell Geology Museum]] and the [[Computing and Communications Museum of Ireland]].

The [[Nora Barnacle]] House Museum in Bowling Green is the smallest museum in Ireland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.galwayguide.ie/nora-barnacle-house/|title=Nora Barnacle House|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627004242/http://www.galwayguide.ie/nora-barnacle-house/|archive-date=27 June 2015}}</ref> Nora was the lover, companion and, later, wife of writer [[James Joyce]].

====Cemeteries====
Fort Hill Cemetery, on Lough Atalia Road, is the oldest cemetery still in use in Galway City. On the northern wall is a memorial to more than 300 sailors of the [[Spanish Armada]] who were executed ''en masse'' and buried here in the 1580s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gill |first=Sarah |date=2020-10-08 |title=The History of Forthill Cemetery |url=https://thisisgalway.ie/the-history-of-forthill-cemetery/ |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=This is Galway}}</ref>

Rahoon Cemetery (officially known as Mount St. Joseph Cemetery), Rahoon Road, on the western edge of the city affords views of the city. It is one of two cemeteries operated by [[Galway City Council]].<ref name=cemeteries>{{cite web|url=https://www.galwaycity.ie/cemeteries |title=Cemeteries |publisher=GalwayCity|access-date=2023-03-14}}</ref> Among the people buried here are [[Michael Bodkin]] (an admirer of Nora Barnacle who was the inspiration for James Joyce's character Michael Furey in "[[The Dead (Joyce short story)|The Dead]]"), [[Michael Feeney]] (the "lover" in Joyce's poem ''She Weeps Over Rahoon''), and actress [[Siobhán McKenna]].{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

[[Bohermore Cemetery]] (or the New Cemetery, as it also known), Cemetery Cross, [[Bohermore]], is the second cemetery operated by Galway City Council.<ref name="cemeteries"/> It contains two mortuary chapels and is the burial place of several important Galwegians, including writer [[Pádraic Ó Conaire]], propagandist [[William Joyce]], dramatist [[Lady Gregory]] and sports official [[Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin]]. The cemetery also contains a gravesite and memorial to those who died in the [[KLM Flight 607-E]] crash, off the coast of Galway, on 14 August 1958.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/city-remembers-memorial-for-99-plane-crash-victims-26468903.html | website = independent.ie | publisher = Irish Independent | title = City remembers memorial for 99 plane crash victims | date = 13 August 2008 | accessdate = 14 March 2023 | quote = }}</ref>

There are several smaller cemeteries within the city boundaries. Some are no longer in use or are used primarily by families with ancient burial rights. These are St James's Cemetery (Teampall) in Glenina Heights, Menlo Cemetery near [[Menlo Castle]], Ballybrit Graveyard near the entrance to [[Ballybrit Racecourse|Galway Racecourse]], and a very ancient early Christian graveyard at [[Roscam]] near Merlin Park. Several city churches have graveyards attached which were formerly used for the interment of clergy and parishioners – [[Castlegar, County Galway|Castlegar]] Church, Claddagh Church', St Patrick's Church on Forster Street and St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church. Several bishops are buried in the crypt below the RC Cathedral but this not usually open to the public.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}