Cashel, County Galway Cashel, County Galway Cashel () is a village in County Galway, in the province of Connacht, Ireland. It is located west of Galway city and southeast of Clifden, on the coast. The name "Cashel" derives from the Irish "Caiseal", referring to the stone ringfort surrounding the old part of the cemetery in Caiseal Ard/High Cashel, whose remains lie on the slope of a mountain about 1 km north-east of the town. To the west is Toombeola Bridge, near which are the remains of a Dominican Abbey, founded in 1427, by one of the O'Flaherty clan which held sway over Connemara
Corofin, County Galway Corofin, County Galway Corofin () is a village and parish in County Galway, Ireland, situated on the N17 road between Galway City and Tuam. Corofin Castle is approximately 600 years old although is partly in ruins. The local Gaelic football club, Corofin GAC, were All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship winners in 1998 and again in 2015. They are considered the best Gaelic football teams in Galway. They have won 19 Galway Senior Football Championship titles: from 1932, 1946, 1977, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. Their most recent achievement