Ballynahinch, County Galway and is today well known as a high-end hotel with a focus on fly fishing for salmon. Ballynahinch railway station opened on 1 November 1895, but finally closed on 29 April 1935. Ballynahinch, County Galway Ballynahinch or Ballinahinch () is situated close to Recess in County Galway in the west of Ireland, on the road from Recess to Roundstone. It also lies on the route of the former railway line from Galway city to Clifden (the "Capital of Connemara"). The name comes from the Irish "Baile na hInse" meaning "settlement of the island". Ballynahinch Castle, built in the 17th century
Menlo, County Galway the People of Ireland", Foster visits Menlo in mid-October of 1845 (on the eve of the Great Famine) and describes it as an ideal example of an Irish rundale village: "It contains about two thousand inhabitants, and their chief subsistence is derived from supplying Galway [City] with milk. The inhabitants keep great numbers of cows, which they feed principally on grains bought in Galway" (292-3). Foster continues: "The way through the village is the most crooked, as well as the most narrow and dirty lane that can be conceived. There is no row of houses, or anything approaching to a