Galway 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 of the name are given in History of Galway).
Woodlawn, County Galway house and a family mausoleum. Woodlawn railway station opened on 1 August 1858 and was closed for goods traffic on 2 June 1978. It is on the main Iarnród Éireann Intercity line from Dublin to Galway, situated between Ballinasloe and Attymon halt stations. Woodlawn, County Galway Woodlawn, historically known as Mota and Moote is a village in County Galway, Ireland, on the R359 regional road between the main road and rail networks which traverse east-west, from Ballinasloe and approximately from Galway City. The name Woodlawn applies to a wide area, of which Woodlawn railway station, Post Office and the Church