Claddagh (Irish: an Cladach, meaning 'the shore') is an area close to the centre of Galway city, where the River Corrib meets Galway Bay. It was formerly a fishing village, just outside the old city walls. It is just across the river from the Spanish Arch, which was the location of regular fish markets where the locals supplied the city with seafood as recently as the end of the 19th century.
Is ceantar i gcathair na Gaillimhe é an Cladach. Nuair ba chathair le ballaí i seilbh Gallda í Gaillimh sna meánaoiseanna, ba é an Cladach an baile iascaireachta Gaelach thiar uaidh. Bhíodh rí ar an gCladach, a toghtaí imeasc na ndaoine, agus dheineadh sé breithiúnas ar chásanna idir na daoine. Sa Chladach, freisin, a thosaigh nós fáinne Chladaigh, a d'iompraíodh mná i mbealaí éagsúla, ag brath ar a stádas cleamhnais.
Claddagh (Iers: An Claddagh) was tot in het begin van de twintigste eeuw een plaats in het Ierse graafschap Galway. Het dorp was een van de oudste vissersplaatsen in Ierland. Het ligt aan de monding van de Corrib. Sinds halverwege de 20e eeuw maakt Claddagh deel van de stad Galway. Het dorp is bekend door de claddagh-ring.
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