Galway

:This article is about the city in Ireland. For other uses of the name, see Galway (disambiguation).

Culture

Architecture

Probably the finest medieval town house in Ireland, Lynch's Castle is in Shop Street; it is now a branch of the Allied Irish Bank.

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The Church of Ireland St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church is the largest remaining medieval church in Ireland. It was founded in 1320 and enlarged in the following two centuries. It is a particularly pleasant building in the heart of the old city. Its Roman Catholic counterpart, the Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and St Nicholas, which was consecrated in 1965, is a far larger, more imposing building constructed from limestone. It has a Renaissance style, with its dome, pillars and round arches. The Romanesque arch which dominates the main facade is an unusual feature in Irish church building. It was suggested by a church in the city of Salamanca in Spain.

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Church of Ireland - St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church - 1320 - Roman Catholic - 1965 - Renaissance - Salamanca - Spain

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Not far from the cathedral stands the original quadrangle building of National University of Ireland, Galway was erected in 1849 (during the famine) and, with Cork and Belfast was a constituent college of the "Queen's University of Ireland". The university holds the UNESCO archive of spoken material for the Celtic languages.

Related Topics:
Quadrangle - National University of Ireland, Galway - Famine - Cork - Belfast - UNESCO - Celtic languages

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Events

Annual events include the Cúirt International Festival of Literature (April), the Galway Early Music Festival (May), the Super8 Size It 8mm festival (June), the Galway Film Fleadh (July), the Galway Arts Festival (July), Galway Races (August), Galway International Oyster Festival (September), the Baboró Galway International Arts Festival for Children (October) and the Tulca visual arts festival (November)

Related Topics:
Galway Early Music Festival - Galway Arts Festival - Galway Races - Galway International Oyster Festival - Baboró Galway International Arts Festival for Children

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Theatre

The city has a permanent Irish language theatre, Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe, which has produced some of Ireland's most celebrated actors. The Druid Theatre Company has won international acclaim for its cutting edge production and direction.

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Education

Two higher education institutions are located in the city, the National University of Ireland, Galway and the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology. The institute of technology also has a campus in Castlebar, County Mayo.

Related Topics:
National University of Ireland, Galway - Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology - Castlebar - County Mayo

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The offices of the Central Applications Office are also located in the city, this is the clearing house for undergraduate college and university applications in the Republic of Ireland; a related organisation, the Postgraduate Applications Centre processes some taught postgraduate courses.

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Central Applications Office - Clearing house - Undergraduate - Republic of Ireland - Postgraduate Applications Centre - Postgraduate

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Other

The Claddagh Ring is associated with the Claddagh, a fishing village located just outside the old walls of the Galway city.

Related Topics:
Claddagh Ring - Claddagh

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