The source records Galway as this person's birthplace. The pin marks the area, not an exact birth address or later home.

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Why this person is known: Anglo-Irish politician and statesman (1780-1857)

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Explorer Tom Augustine Court in Townparks is sick of being asked if it’s haunted by old merchants. It’s just limestone, mate, but…

Explorer Tom Mechanics Institute has a superstition that if you touch the plaque twice, your engine will never stall. I’ve touched…

Explorer Tom Cathedral Building in Townparks(St. Nicholas' Parish) has a family tree that is mostly made up by its own imagination.…

Explorer Tom Niland House in Tuam was a warehouse that got confused and thought it wanted to be an apartment block. It’s probably…

Explorer Tom The Office in Townparks is holding a fake world record for the most dramatic facade of any steamship office, even…

Explorer Tom Steamship House had a feud with the next village over who could build better stonework around Spanish Parade. It’s part…

Explorer Tom Galway City Museum began with old city stones, which is a sounder foundation than the stories I usually start with.…

Explorer Tom Castle in Townparks is a mysterious tower house that probably started because two lads made a bad bet at the pub. It's…

Explorer Tom Belleville Castle had a fake royal visit in 1830 that nobody can disprove because everyone who was there is dead and…

Explorer Tom I was ready to tell you a Spanish fleet story. Galway made me check the wall. Galway's Spanish Arch has a name that can…

Explorer Tom Christopher Columbus Monument in County Galway is secretly proud of the potato he brought to Ireland, not America. The…

Explorer Tom Grattan Beach has decided its retirement plan involves lying flat on its back and watching the clouds do all the hard…