Galway and County on a homecare, inpatient and daycare basis. Galway Galway (; , ) is a city in the West of Ireland, in the province of Connacht. Galway lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay, surrounded by County Galway, and is the sixth most populous city in Ireland, with a population at the 2016 Census of 79,934. Galway will be the European Capital of Culture in 2020, alongside Rijeka, Croatia. The city's name comes from the Irish name "Gaillimhe", which formed the western boundary of the earliest settlement, "Dún Gaillimhe" "Fort Gaillimh". (Mythical and alternative derivations
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