Ardrahan (Irish: Ard Raithin, meaning 'high ringfort') is a village and civil parish in County Galway, Ireland.
Coole Park is a nature reserve of approximately 1,000 acres (4 km2) located a few miles west of Gort, County Galway, Ireland. It is managed by the Irish National Parks & Wildlife Service, part of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. The park is in a low–lying karstic limestone area characterised by seasonal lakes, known as turloughs, which are almost unique to Ireland. It has extensive woodlands. There are 6 kilometres of signposted nature trails plus a formal late 18th century walled garden.
Dunguaire Castle (Irish: Dún Guaire) is a 16th-century tower house on the southeastern shore of Galway Bay in County Galway, Ireland, near Kinvara (also spelled Kinvarra). The name derives from the dun (fort) of King Guaire, the legendary king of Connacht.
Kilmacduagh Monastery is a ruined abbey near the town of Gort in County Galway, Ireland. It was the birthplace of the Diocese of Kilmacduagh. It was reportedly founded by Saint Colman, son of Duagh in the 7th century, on land given him by his cousin King Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin of Connacht.
Kilmacduagh (Irish: Cill Mhic Dhuach, meaning 'church of Duach's son') is a small village in south County Galway, Ireland, near Gort. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name, in Kiltartan barony.
Ardrahan railway station serves the village of Ardrahan in County Galway, Ireland.
Gort railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Gort in County Galway, Ireland.
Ballinderreen (Irish: Baile an Doirín, meaning 'townland of the little oak grove'), also Ballindereen, is a village located on the N67 road between Kilcolgan and Kinvara in south County Galway, Ireland.
Derrybrien (Irish: Daraidh Braoin) is a tiny village in County Galway, Ireland. It lies along the R353 road in the Slieve Aughty Mountains. The village church is dedicated to Saint Patrick and is part of the Roman Catholic Parish of Ballinakill and Derrybrien.
Lackan Ringfort is a ringfort and national monument located in County Galway, Ireland.
Ardamullivan Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland.
Drumacoo is a medieval ecclesiastical site and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland.
Isert Kelly Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland.
Kiltartan Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland.
Fiddaun Castle is a tower house in Tubber, County Galway, close to the border of County Clare in Ireland. It is a National Monument of Ireland.
Kilcolgan (Irish: Cill Cholgáin, meaning 'Colgan's church'), is a village on the mouth of the Kilcolgan River at Dunkellin Bay in County Galway, Ireland. The settlement is at the junction of the N67 and R458 roads, which lies between Gort and Clarinbridge. The village is near the site of the Galway Bay drowning tragedy. Kilcolgan was designated as a census town by the Central Statistics Office for the first time in the 2016 census, at which time it had a population of 141 people. The population was 194 at the 2022 census. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.
Kiltartan (Irish: Cill Tartan) 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 (the territory of the Hynes clan) and the eastern part was called Oireacht Réamoinn (Mac Redmonds clan, a branch of the Burkes). 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 (now ruinous) 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 (church of St. Attracta) which was corrupted to Cill Tortain. The older anglicised form was Kiltaraght which is closer to the original Irish form.
Beagh GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located near Shanaglish in south County Galway, Ireland. The club is almost exclusively concerned with hurling. The club competes in Galway GAA competitions and fields two teams, Intermediate and Junior C. In 2008 it amalgamated with neighbouring Kilbacenty at juvenile level forming Michael Cusack's Hurling Club.
Drumharsna Castle (Irish: Caisleán Dhroimm Tharsna) is a tower house near Ardrahan, County Galway, in Ireland.
Moran's Oyster Cottage is a seafood restaurant and pub located at The Weir, Kilcolgan, in County Galway, Ireland, close to the village of Clarinbridge, and ten miles south of Galway City. Known for its seafood, including oysters and smoked salmon, the business has hosted several celebrities. Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney's poem "Oysters" was reputedly inspired by a meal at Moran's.
Rahasane Turlough (Irish: Turlach Ráth Asáin) is a turlough (an intermittent lake), west of Craughwell in southwest County Galway. It is the largest surviving turlough in Ireland.
Shanaglish is a village in the parish of Beagh in the south of County Galway, Ireland, close to the border with County Clare. The name Shanaglish comes from the Gaelic 'Sean Eaglais', meaning 'old church'. The village was formerly in the parish of St Anne's and there is now a Roman Catholic church dedicated to St Anne.
Lough Cutra (formerly Lough Cooter, Irish: Loch Cútra) is a lake in County Galway, Ireland located beside Lough Cutra Castle. It is the site of a Special Area of Conservation.
Tyrone House in County Galway is a ruined manor house, built in the 1770s on a promontory by the estuary of the Kilcolgan river, about 2 miles (3 km) from the village of Kilcolgan, County Galway, Ireland.
Lough Cutra Castle is a privately owned 19th-century castle located near Gort in south County Galway, Ireland. The castle was designed by English architect John Nash for Colonel Charles Vereker, 2nd Viscount Gort. Construction started in 1811 and was completed in 1817. The castle was later acquired by and a residence of Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough. The castle was purchased by Standish Vereker, 7th Viscount Gort in 1952 and restored by Sir Humphry Wakefield, then husband of Gort's great-niece the Hon. Elizabeth Sidney.
Kiltiernan Church is a medieval church and National Monument in County Galway, Ireland.
Castleboy Tower is a 19th-century folly in the townland of Castleboy, Killinan, County Galway, Ireland. It was once part of the Castleboy House demesne owned by the Persse family and was perhaps converted into a folly from an earlier building. It is built of squared limestone over five floors, with a number of windows and an arched doorway. Following the demolition and division of the Castleboy estate by the Land Commission, the tower was left stranded on one side of a newly constructed road. Along with some walls of the stable yard, the tower is all that remains of the estate.
Clarinbridge GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the village of Clarinbridge in County Galway, Ireland. The club is almost exclusively concerned with the game of hurling. In March 2011, they won their first All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, defeating O'Loughlin Gaels by 2-18 to 0-12 at Croke Park. Michael Donoghue was manager of that team.
Kinvara GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the town of Kinvara in County Galway, Ireland. The club is almost exclusively concerned with hurling but also plays Gaelic Football at Junior level.