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County Galway is a county in Ireland. It is in the Northern and Western Region, taking up the south of the province of Connacht. The county population was 276,451 at the 2022 census.
Loughrea is a town in County Galway, Ireland. The town lies to the north of a range of wooded hills, the Slieve Aughty Mountains, and Lough Rea, the lake from which it takes its name. The town's cathedral, St Brendan's, dominates the urban skyline.
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.
Michael Fahy was an Irish farmer, and a Fianna Fáil and sometime Independent member of Galway County Council. From Ardrahan and first elected to the council in 1979, he resigned from Fianna Fáil in 2004 when under investigation for misappropriation of funds from the council. He served a prison sentence for this in 2007, but his conviction was overturned in 2011. He rejoined Fianna Fáil in 2018.
Michael Griffin was an Irish Catholic priest who was murdered during the Irish War of Independence.
Richard John Kelly (1810–1884) was an Irish journalist and the founder of The Tuam Herald.
Patrick O'Flaherty was Mayor of Galway from 1964 to 1965 and from 1973 to 1975.
Thomas Tierney previous Mayor of Galway, Ireland.
Michael Smyth was an Irish trade unionist and Labour Party politician. He was Mayor of Galway from 1971 to 1972.
F. Gerard Colgan (1907–2004) was Mayor of Galway.
Pat McNamara was an Irish politician who served as the mayor of Galway from 1982 to 1983.
Donal Lyons is an Irish independent politician. He was the Mayor of Galway from 2001 to 2002 and from 2014 to 2015.
Val Hanley was a Mayor of Galway, Ireland.
Tom Costello is an Irish Labour Party politician. He was Mayor of Galway from 2007 to 2008.
Jimmy McClearn is an Irish politician serving as a Galway County Councillor and the former Mayor of County Galway from 2010 to 2011.
Pat O'Driscoll is a Gaelic football manager and former player, who also played hurling, from County Kerry.
Peter Feeney was County Councillor and Mayor of County Galway, Ireland in 2008-09.
Tom McHugh, County Councillor and Mayor of County Galway 2009-10.
Loughrea Hurling is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the town of Loughrea, County Galway, Ireland. The club was founded in 1884 by Dillon Mannion and is almost exclusively concerned with the game of hurling. Pat O Connor and Mike Kelly were in charge of the 2006 Galway Senior Hurling Championship were the team reached The All Ireland Club Final where they were defeated by Kilkenny’s Ballyhale Shamrocks ending a great campaign.
An election to all 39 seats on Galway County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, an increase from 30 seats at the 2009 election. County Galway was divided into 5 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). In addition, the town councils of Ballinasloe, Loughrea and Tuam were all abolished.
