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Dunguaire Castle is a 16th-century tower house on the southeastern shore of Galway Bay in County Galway, Ireland, near Kinvara. The name derives from the dun (fort) of King Guaire, the legendary king of Connacht.
Killagoola is a small townland lying in the civil parish of Moycullen in County Galway, Ireland. It is located about 8 miles from Galway city, just off the N59 road which travels north from Galway towards Clifden. Its name is derived from the Irish name of Cill Ogúla, which means Church on the Shoulder. Indeed there is the ruins of a small church within the boundaries of Killagoola, on the largest site in the area, Crú Hill.
Williamstown is a small village in County Galway, Ireland. It is in the northeast of the county, on the R360 road in the townland of Corralough. According to the 2016 census, the population of the village was 148.
Mullagh is a parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Clonfert in County Galway, Ireland. It is in the south-east of the county, close to the towns of Loughrea, Ballinasloe, and Portumna. Mullagh lies in the civil parish of Abbeygormacan, and spans the townlands of Mullagh Beg and Mullagh More.
Kiltartan is a barony and civil parish in County Galway, Ireland. The southern portion of this barony was formerly known as Cenél Áeda na hEchtge or O'Shaughnessy's Country, the northern portion was called Coill Ua bhFiachrach and the eastern part was called Oireacht Réamoinn. It was the home of Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn, and a regular residence of W. B. Yeats. The barony takes its name from the Burke stronghold of Kiltartan Castle also known as Castletown or Ballycastle. The castle in turn takes its name from the medieval church of Kiltartan a short distance to the north. The old Irish name for the church and parish was Cill Athrachta which was corrupted to Cill Tortain. The older anglicised form was Kiltaraght which is closer to the original Irish form.
Ballymore Castle in Lawrencetown, County Galway, Ireland was originally a 15th-century tower house belonging to O'Madden. A house was added in 1620, and the castle has been much altered since then.
Kinvara or Kinvarra is a townland in the civil parish of Kilcummin and barony of Moycullen in the west of County Galway, Ireland. It is on the R336 road north of the village of Casla and south of Screeb, at Irish Grid Reference L967332. As of the 2011 census, the townland had a population of 54 people.
The Diocese of Clonfert is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the western part of Ireland. It is in the Metropolitan Province of Tuam.
Oldthort or Oultort is a townland near Portumna, County Galway, Ireland, mainly along the Tynagh Road. Oultort townland has an area of 1.86 square kilometres (0.72 sq mi), and had a population of 70 people as of the 2011 census.
Kilgevrin is a townland near the village of Milltown in north County Galway, Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Liskeevy, in the historical barony of Dunmore. Kilgevrin is 3.1 square kilometres (1.2 sq mi) in area, and is bounded on the north by the parish of Addergoole and townland of Banagher, on the east by both Banagher and Clashaghanny and on the south and west by the parish of Kilbannon and Tuam.
Costello is one of the ancient baronies of Ireland. Unusually for an Irish barony, it straddles two counties: County Mayo and County Roscommon. It comprises the modern day districts of Kilkelly, Kilmovee, Killeagh, Kilcolman, and Castlemore.
The parish of Lackagh is located in County Galway, Ireland, approximately halfway between Galway city and Tuam. It is bounded by the parishes of Athenry, Abbeyknockmoy, Corofin, Annaghdown and Claregalway. The River Clare runs through the centre of the parish.
Barnaderg is a village southeast of Tuam in eastern County Galway, Ireland.
Killimordaly is a rural village and civil parish in County Galway, Ireland. It was originally located in Trícha Máenmaige.
Donamon Castle, or more correctly, Dunamon Castle, is one of the oldest inhabited buildings in Ireland and stands on raised ground overlooking the River Suck in County Roscommon.
Derrymullan, also Derrymullen, is a 226-acre townland on the north side of Ballinasloe in County Galway, Ireland. It is in the barony of Clonmacnowen and the civil parish of Kilcloony.
Kilclooney or Kilcloony is a townland and civil parish in County Galway, Ireland. It is one of three civil parishes in which Ballinasloe is located. It is regarded as the place in which Saint Grellan settled and established a church, which has since been replaced by the currently-standing, run-down church.
Kiltivna, also spelled Kiltevna, is a townland in the civil parish of Dunmore in County Galway, Ireland. It is located between the towns of Dunmore and Glenamaddy. The townland, which is 0.78 kilometres (0.48 mi) in area, had a population of 33 people as of the 2011 census.
Ballybrit is an electoral division and townland in the civil parish of St. Nicholas, on the outskirts of Galway city in Ireland. The townland of Ballybrit is 2.5 square kilometres (1 sq mi) in area, and is home to Ballybrit Racecourse and a business park. Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a medieval tower house and an earlier ringfort site. The ringfort was used as a graveyard since at least the early 19th century.
Menlo Castle or Menlough Castle, also called Blake's Castle, is a 16th century castle situated on the bank of the River Corrib near Menlo village in County Galway, Ireland.
