salmon weir bridge

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, acquired them. This is now state property.