History of Galway History of Galway Galway, one of the largest cities in Ireland, situated on the west coast of Ireland, has a complex history going back around 800 years. The city was the only medieval city in the province of Connacht. The city takes its name from that of the river, the "Gaillimh". The word "Gaillimh" means ""stony"" as in ""stony river"". Today, the river is commonly called the River Corrib, after Lough Corrib, just to the north. In Irish, Galway is also called "Cathair na Gaillimhe" ("city of Galway") which is a modern creation to prevent confusion with "Contae na Gaillimhe"
Menlo, County Galway Menlo, County Galway Menlo (, meaning "small lake") is a village and townland in one of the Gaeltacht areas of County Galway, Ireland. Always known as Mionloch in Irish and later Anglicized as Menlo; some older maps spell this townland of Galway as Menlough. Thomas Campbell Foster spells it Menlow. Menlo is both a village and townland name and is in the Parish of Castlegar, County Galway, Ireland. The village retains some of the characteristics of the clachan form which is more evident in Ordnance Survey of Ireland maps of the 19th century. In his "Letters on the Condition of