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Galway Bay (Irish: Loch Lurgain or Cuan na Gaillimhe) is a large bay (or sea lough) on the west coast of Ireland, between County Galway in the province of Connacht to the north and the Burren in County Clare in the province of Munster to the south. Galway city is located on the northeast side of the bay. It is about 50 kilometres (31 mi) long and from 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to 30 kilometres (19 mi) in breadth. The Aran Islands (Oileáin Árann) are to the west across the entrance and there are numerous small islands within the bay.
The approaches to the bay between the Aran Islands and the mainland are as follows:
- the North Sound (An Súnda ó Thuaidh) lies between Inishmore and Leitir Mealláin in Connemara; known as Bealach Locha Lurgan in Irish.
- Gregory's Sound (Súnda Ghríoghóra) lies between Inishmore and Inishmaan; known as Bealach na h-Áite in Irish.
- Foul Sound (An Súnda Salach) lies between Inishmaan and Inisheer; known as Bealach na Fearbhaighe in Irish.
- South Sound (An Súnda ó Theas), known as Bealach na Finnise in Irish, lies between Inisheer and County Clare.
Galway Bay is famous for its unique traditional sailing craft, the Galway Hooker.[citation needed]
Contents
1 Drowning tragedy of 1902
2 Galway Bay in popular culture
2.1 Songs
3 Gallery
4 See also
5 References
6 Sources
7 Other projects
8 External links
Drowning tragedy of 1902[edit]
On 4 May 1902, eight fishermen from a nearby village lost their lives while sailing on Galway Bay, near Kilcolgan.[1][2] Seven (Patrick Folan, Patrick Burns, Patrick McDonagh, John Barrett, Michael Burke, Michael Dwyer and Stephen Hynes) drowned; Patrick Walsh swam to shore at nearby Kilcolgan, but died of exhaustion on the beach.[2] A fundraising campaign was organised for the families of the drowned fishermen.[3]
Galway Bay in popular culture[edit]
Songs[edit]
- From traditional Irish song The Rare Old Mountain Dew:
- Let grasses grow and waters flow
- In a free and easy way
- But give me enough of the rare old stuff
- That's made near Galway Bay
- From John Lennon's song The Luck of the Irish:
- If we could make chains with the morning dew
- The world would be like Galway Bay
- From Arthur Colahan's song Galway Bay:
- If you ever go across the sea to Ireland
- Then maybe at the closing of your day
- You will go and see the moon rise over Claddagh
- Or see the sun go down at Galway Bay.
- From a song performed by Sean Connery in Disney's Darby O'Gill and the Little People:
- Have you ever seen the seagulls
- a-flying o'er the Heather
- or the crimson sails on Galway Bay
- the fishermen unfurl?
- From Steve Earle's musical tribute to Townes Van Zandt, Ft. Worth Blues:
- There's a full moon over Galway Bay tonight
- Silver light over green and blue
- And every place I travel through, I find
- Some kinda sign that you've been through
- Earle also mentions Galway and The Long Walk in his song "Galway Girl".
- From the Pogues's Fairytale of New York:
- The boys in the NYPD choir
- are still singing "Galway Bay"
- And the bells are ringing out
- For Christmas day."
From Toasted Heretic's Galway Bay:
- The sun goes down on Galway Bay
- The daughter goes down on me
- Her dad's not due until one or maybe two
- And I'm happy as I'll ever be
From The Mahones A Drunken Night in Dublin:
- A drunk night in Dublin
- Ended up in Galway Bay
From The Waterboys' Spring Comes to Spiddal:[4]
- On a soft and fresh Atlantic air a mist of pollen floats
- On Galway Bay I spy a gaily painted fishing boat
- Galway Bay is also mentioned in Ireland's Call, Ireland's official rugby anthem, written by Phil Coulter.
Gallery[edit]
Map of Galway Bay and environs.
Galway Bay from Salthill.
Galway Bay near County Clare.
Galway Bay in December.
See also[edit]
- List of loughs in Ireland
- Island Eddy
- Galway Bay Steamboat Company
Coordinates: 53°12′N 9°14′W / 53.200°N 9.233°W / 53.200; -9.233
References[edit]
^ The Irish Times, Dublin, Saturday, 10 May 1902.
^ ab Madden, Marie (16 May 2012). "Talking History". Galway Independent. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ The Irish Times, Dublin, Saturday, 27 May 1902.
^ "Spring Comes to Spiddal". Retrieved 7 February 2016.
Sources[edit]
- O'Carra, B., Williams, D.M., Mercer, B. and Wood. B. 2014. Evidence of environmental change since the earliest medieval period from the inter-tidal zone of Galway Bay. Ir. Nat. J. 33: pp 83-88.
Other projects[edit]
Media related to Galway Bay at Wikimedia Commons
External links[edit]
- Depth map
Categories:
- Bays of County Galway
- Bays of County Clare
- Sea loughs of the Republic of Ireland
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