Galway City Tours

21/07/2023

Tony Bennett "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" on The Ed Sullivan Show, November 22, 1964. Subscribe now to never miss an update: https://ume.lnk.to/EdSulli...

16/03/2023

21/02/2023

24/12/2022

Rest in Peace Maxi Jazz

24/12/2022

Wishing you all a happy Christmas and a healthy and prosperous new year

21/04/2022

Not a bad morning at all very cool guests today they just loved the stories and verse

12/01/2022

Building a Currach, Baile na nGall, County Kerry, 1940

An image showing the construction of a currach at Baile na nGall (Ballydavid) on the northern shores of Smerwick Harbour on the Di**le Peninsula in County Kerry in about 1940. The print is annotated on the reverse ‘Building a Naomhóg, Baile na nGall, Di**le, County Kerry’. A currach is a type of small boat with a wooden or wicker-work frame, over which animal skins or hides were stitched together. They were propelled by oars or sails according to circumstances. The construction and design of the currach is unique to the west coasts of Ireland and Scotland, with variations in size and shape by region. ‘Naomhóg’ is the name given to the type of currach which is used by coastal communities in County Kerry. Naomhógs are slightly longer than the currachs seen in other parts of the west coast of Ireland. The print forms part of a bound volume containing a collection of ‘views of Irish life’ intended for publication in ‘The Capuchin Annual’. (Image Identifier: https://catholicarchives.ie/index.php/building-a-currach-baile-na-ngall-county-kerry)

21/12/2021

09/12/2021

This historical document was discovered recently, as written by Canon John Pigott in the 1960’s at the request of the late Fr. Liam Martin, on behalf of Archbishop John Charles McQuaid. It concerns a period in Irish history when Irishman fought Irishman as the civil war which followed the Treaty o...