High Sheriff of County Galway his responsibilities for the preservation of law and order in a county. In Galway the office of High Sheriff was established when Connacht was shired around 1569 and ceased to exist with the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. High Sheriff of County Galway The High Sheriff of County Galway was the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Galway. Initially an office for lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the High Sheriff became annually appointed from the Provisions of Oxford in 1258. Besides his judicial importance, he had ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs. The first (High)
Tubber, County Galway Tubber, County Galway Tubber ( – shortened form of "Tobar Rí an Domhnaigh" meaning "well of the king of Sunday") is a small village located in the north of County Clare, Ireland. Tubber, County Galway, is the northern part of a loosely defined rural community that is located on the Clare/Galway border. It comes under the Catholic parish of Gort and Beagh in the Diocese of Kilmacduagh, but it is still served by St Michael's Church, Tubber. Tubber, County Clare, is a Catholic parish in the Diocese of Killaloe, and is served by St Michael's Church at Tubber Cross. The