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Aron Islands
If you are at Galway, should should take a boat to the Aron Islands. There are 3 islands and at least the main islands offers you a great landscape, quiet and nice, together with ancient history monuments. [...]
D: 28.3mi00
The well known fishermen city
You really should try the fish meals at Galway, always fresh from the sea. [...]
D: 0.6mi00

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Galway History

In the 16th century, the native Irish were forbidden to enter the city. Galway was a small kingdom rather than a town and it was ruled by fourteen powerful Anglo-Norman mercantile families, hence the name “The city of tribes”. The city traded with the French and the Spanish, and became one of the richest in Ireland. Its decline started during the Irish Rebellion, when Galway supported the Catholic Confederates. After being captured by Cromwell’s forces, the city slipped into a harsh economic decline that lasted about 300 years. Galway History Guide - Modern History and Present Galway lost many of its inhabitants during the [...]

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