bridges galway

Pre 19th century bridge of 9 arches. Once the only crossing point east/west between Claretuam and Claregalway....

One of the sights of Galway is hundreds of salmon lying in season in the clear bed of the Corrib river, waiting to go up the river to the spawning grounds. The Salmon Weir is famous in Galway's history.

It was originally granted by Henry III to the Earl of Ulster. The Franciscans held the fisheries until the suppression of the monasteries under Henry VIII, when they were given to the Lynch family. Cromwell dispossessed the Lynches, and the Eyres, who gave their name to Eyre Square, acqui...

There is an 8 arch bridge spanning the main river entering the lake at Mountbellew, located on the back road to the forest....