Picturesque Ireland : a literary and artistic delineation of the natural scenery, remarkable places, historical antiquities, public buildings, ancient abbeys, towers, castles, and other romantic and attractive features of Ireland . principal city of the western coast; a belief strengthened by its originalIrish name Czian-iia-guactie, meaning the port of the small islands. On the de-feat of the Danish invaders on the east at Clontarf, the people of Galway, realiz-ing the importance of its situation, built a castle for defense, which, exciting thejealousy of the Munster kings, was twice destroye
Picturesque Ireland : a literary and artistic delineation of the natural scenery, remarkable places, historical antiquities, public buildings, ancient abbeys, towers, castles, and other romantic and attractive features of Ireland . principal city of the western coast; a belief strengthened by its originalIrish name Czian-iia-guactie, meaning the port of the small islands. On the de-feat of the Danish invaders on the east at Clontarf, the people of Galway, realiz-ing the importance of its situation, built a castle for defense, which, exciting thejealousy of the Munster kings, was twice destroyed by them, and restored by thepeople of Connaught. At the time of the English invasion the castle was heldby Hugh OFlaherty, who extended protection to the few families and the fisher-men who comprised the town. De Burgo took the castle from the OFlahertysin 1232 and became master of the town. He lost both, but finally recoveredthem, put up fortifications, and established a municipal government. The in-creased security offered inducements to enterprise, and in the twelfth and thir-teenth centuries a settlement was made by thirteen Anglo-Norman and Welshfamilies known as the Tribes of Galway, who enriched themselves by com-. Street in Gtlway i8o PICTURESQUE IRELAND. merce and the purchase of land ; and whose descendants are among the leadingpeople of the county at the present day. The City of the Tribes is a county within itself, advantageously situated onthe north side of Galway Bay, and built on both sides of the river which carriesoff the waters of Lough Corrib. There are three bridges over the river connect-ing the old- and new town, and the district of the Claddagh which is close to thesea. As in most fortified towns, houses were crowded together in the old part;and from intercommunication and the adoption of foreign customs it has astrikingly foreign aspect. In the fourteenth century and later, extensive com-mercial relations existed between Spain and Ireland, and Galway w
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