Galway Bay 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 the Aran Islands
Aughrim, County Galway the Irish census of 2011, the division had a population of 595. Aughrim is the base for the charitable organisation Sunflowers Chernobyl Appeal which carry out voluntary work in areas in Belarus affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Aughrim is located on the old N6 (R446) Galway to Dublin road, Aughrim is now by-passed by the M6 motorway. The motorway was opened on 23 July 2009 (Athlone to Ballinasloe) and 18 December 2009 (Ballinasloe to Galway). It is located approximately 5.5 kilometers from the Ballinasloe West M6 Junction (J15). Aughrim can be accessed by public bus, with Bus Eireann (20