Wrecks and historic events in County Galway
The Discover Alone map has 14 wrecks and historic events in County Galway, Ireland. Below are the 13 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
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Siege of GalwaysiegeGalway stood as the last Irish Catholic city in 1651, its walls protected by water on three sides and stubborn men…
First Battle of AthenrybattleAthenry was a young Norman military base in hostile Gaelic territory when Toirrdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair and Aedh Ua…Battle of Aughrim Interpretative CentreMuseumAughrim Interpretative Centre stands in County Galway beside the field where thousands died in 1691. It preserves…
Battle of AughrimMajor battlefieldOn 12 July 1691, Williamite and Jacobite armies of twenty thousand each collided near Aughrim, and seven thousand men…- The Bloody HollowBattlefieldLuttrell's Pass, Bloody Hollow and St Ruth's monuments still mark the Aughrim battlefield where Jacobite and Williamite…
- Second Battle of AthenrybattleOn 10 August 1316, Rickard de Bermingham and William Liath de Burgh led an Anglo-Irish force to victory over Fedlim Ó…
- Burial in UrraghryBurialUrraghry holds a skull pulled from the Shanvilla river in 1951, perforated and waiting for an answer that never came.…
- Battlefield in UnknownBattlefieldUnknown is the only name left for the Galway battlefield where weapons clashed and blood fed the soil. The absence of a…
- Battlefield in CastletogherBattlefieldBattlefield in Castletogher stands in County Galway, Ireland, marked only as a battlefield though the details of the…
- Battlefield in BallydavidBattlefieldBallydavid is a battlefield in County Galway, marked only as a place where violence occurred. The name suggests two…
- Battlefield in Athenry,unknownBattlefieldAthenry is in County Galway, Ireland. The exact battlefield location and event are not identified in the available…
- Knocktuagh alias Knockdoe ...BattlefieldKnocktuagh is a Galway battlefield where the Lord Deputy clashed with the Earl of Clanrickard in 1504. Tradition places…
- Battlefield in AthenryBattlefieldAthenry is a small town in County Galway, Ireland, where a battlefield still belongs to the land. The facts do not say…