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
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