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)
Tully, County Galway mile to the west. Tully's sister village, Tully Cross, is a mile to the east. The nearest town is Clifden, which is thirteen miles to the south. Tully, County Galway Tully (, "the hill") is a small village on the Renvyle Peninsula in north-west Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. It is situated on the Wild Atlantic Way coastal route. Tully contains a post office, a hardware shop, a supermarket, a doctor's surgery, a pharmacy, and a community centre (Teach Ceoil), as well as a horse-riding centre. The village is a quarter of a mile from the sea and has views over