County Galway County Galway County Galway () is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West of Ireland, part of the province of Connacht. There are several Irish-speaking areas in the west of the county. The traditional county includes, and is named for, the city of Galway, but the city and county now have separate local authorities: Galway City Council administers the urban area, while the rest of the county is administered by Galway County Council. The population of the county was 258,058 at the 2016 census. The first inhabitants in the Galway area arrived over 7000 years ago. Shell
Galway It is the main paper of the "Advertiser Newspaper Group" which distributes 200,000 newspapers per and more week to a variety of other Irish cities and towns. Another free paper, the "Galway Independent", prints on a Tuesday night for Wednesday circulation. Being a city of culture, Galway has a dedicated hub for all cultural events and organisations. Galway Hub is a free resource for both practitioners and the general public in which to engage with the arts and cultural events across the city and county. Galway Airport, located east of the city at Carnmore, ceased to have scheduled passenger flights