Category Galway
Ireland 2026 – Galway, Part Two
April 19-20 As we entered the pedestrian zone after leaving Eyre Square, our first sight was Lynch’s Castle, Galway’s best late-15th-century fortified townhouse, which was the home of the Lynch family—the most powerful of the town’s 14 “tribes”—and the only one of their mansions to survive. More than 80 of the mayors who ruled Galway […]
Ireland 2026 – Galway, Part One
April 19-20 After leaving the ferry, we got into the car and took off for Galway, a drive through the Burren that should only have taken about 90 minutes but due to a couple of missed turns, became more of an adventure that we’d planned for. Motivated by its description in our St. Steves guidebook, […]
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