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A city in the county of Galway, Ireland
A county in the Republic of Ireland
A town in the county of Galway, Ireland
a county in the west of the Republic of Ireland. County (pop., 2002 prelim.: 208,826), Connacht province, western Ireland. It is bounded to the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Its seat, the town of Galway (pop., 2002 prelim.: 65,774), is at the head of Galway Bay. The descendants of the followers of the Norman Richard de Burgh, who assumed rule in the area in the 1230s, became known as the tribes of Galway. After 1652 the land settlement of Oliver Cromwell established a new class of landed proprietors. Galway is still largely an agricultural region, though it also has light industry, such as cotton spinning and sugar refining. It has the largest Irish-speaking population of any Irish county
a port city in western Ireland on Galway Bay

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Galway Bay
A bay off the east coast of Ireland, between the counties of Galway and Connacht
Galway hooker
a type of fishing boat in the west of Ireland with a distinctive black hull and red sails
Galway hookers
plural form of Galway hooker
galway bay
a bay of the North Atlantic on the west coast of Ireland
Sir James Galway
born Dec. 8, 1939, Belfast, N.Ire. Irish flutist. He went to London as a teenager to study flute, completing his studies with Jean-Pierre Rampal and Marcel Moyse (1889-1984) in Paris. He was principal flutist of the Royal Philharmonic (1966-69) and later of the Berlin Philharmonic (1969-75). He subsequently enjoyed great success as a soloist in light classical and popular music
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