Galway Bay Comes to Spiddal": Galway Bay Galway Bay (Irish: "Loch Lurgain" or "Cuan na Gaillimhe") is a large bay (or sea lough) on the west coast of Ireland, between County Galway in the province of Connacht to the north and the Burren in County Clare in the province of Munster to the south. Galway city is located on the northeast side of the bay. The bay is about long and from to in breadth. The Aran Islands ("Oileáin Árann") are to the west across the entrance and there are numerous small islands within the bay. The approaches to the bay between
Leitrim (County Galway barony) Leitrim (County Galway barony) Leitrim (Irish: "Liatroim") is a barony in the extreme south-east of County Galway, Ireland. It is bounded, on the north, by the barony of Kilconnell; on the north-east by the barony of Longford; on the east by Lough Derg; on the west by the barony of Loughrea; and to the north-west by the baronry of Athenry. It is in length from north to south and is miles in breadth. To the south lies a barony of the same name in County Clare. By the terms of the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, land from the Galway