Tag: Co Galway

Connemara National Park, Co Galway

27/02/2023.Reading time 1 minute.

Connemara National Park covers some 2,000 hectares of scenic mountains, expanses of bogs, heaths, grasslands and woodlands in County Galway. Some of the National Park’s mountains, namely Benbaun, Bencullagh, Benbrack and Muckanaght, are part of the famous Twelve Bens or Beanna Beola range. Opened to the public in 1980, the National Park includes lands that […]

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#OTD in 1882 – Five members of a family in Maamtrasna, Co Galway were murdered.

17/08/2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

At Maamtrasna, Co Galway, five members of the Joyce family were brutally killed on 17 August 1882. The initial victims were John Joyce, his mother, Margaret Joyce, his wife, Bridget Joyce, his daughter, Margaret Joyce (also known as Peigí). John’s son, Michael Joyce, died of his injuries the following day. The sole survivor of the […]

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Na Seacht dTeampaill (Seven Churches) | Aran Islands, Co Galway

09/03/2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

Situated on Inis Mór, Na Seacht Tempaill, or as its otherwise known, the Seven Churches was for centuries one of the biggest monastic foundations and centres of pilgrimage in Ireland since it’s construction in the 7th or 8th century. There are three theories as to why the site is called ‘Seven Churches’; the most common […]

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