Map showing Galway Bay's location

Map of Galway Bay and environs

Galway Bay (Irish: Loch Lurgain or Cuan na Gaillimhe) is a large bay / sea loch on the west coast of Ireland, between County Galway in the province of Connacht to the north and the district of Burren in County Clare in the province of Munster to the south. Galway is located on the north-east side of the bay. It is about 50 kilometres (30 miles) long and from 10 to 30 kilometres (7 to 20 miles) in breadth. The Oileáin Árann / Aran Islands are to the west across the entrance and there are numerous small islands within the bay. The approaches to the bay between the Aran Islands and the mainland are as follows; the North Sound / An Súnda ó Thuaidh lies between Aranmore and Leitir Mealláin, County Galway it was formerly known as Bealach Locha Lurgan in Irish. Gregory's Sound / Súnda Ghríoghóra lies between Aranmore and Inishmaan it was formerly known as Bealach na h-Áite. Foul Sound / An Súnda Salach lies between Inishmaan and Inisheer it was formerly known as Bealach na Fearbhaighe. South Sound / An Súnda ó Theas formerly known as Bealach na Finnise lies between Inisheer and County Clare. File links The following pages link to this file: Galway Bay ... File links The following pages link to this file: Galway Bay ... Bay redirects here. ... A loch is the name given to a body of water in Scotland or Ireland. ... Statistics Province: Connacht County Town: Galway Code: G (GY proposed) Area: 6,148 km² Population (2006) 231,035 (including Galway City); 159,052 (without Galway City) Website: www. ... Statistics Area: 17,713. ... Categories: Ireland-place stubs | Geography of Ireland ... County Clare (Contae an Chláir in Irish) is in the Irish province of Munster. ... Statistics Area: 24,607. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Irish Grid Reference M300256 Statistics Province: Connacht County: Dáil Éireann: Galway West European Parliament: North-West Dialling Code: 091 Postal District(s): G Area: 50. ... Not to be confused with Isle of Arran. ...

Galway Bay is famous for its unique traditional sailing craft, the Galway Hooker. The Galway Hooker is a traditional sailing boat used in Galway Bay off the west coast of Ireland. ...

Galway Bay from Salthill

Galway Bay near County Clare

Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (3456 × 2304 pixel, file size: 3 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A view of Galway Bay from Salthill Credit: A Peter Clarke image I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (3456 × 2304 pixel, file size: 3 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A view of Galway Bay from Salthill Credit: A Peter Clarke image I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public... Galway Bay from the Promenade, Salthill Galway Bay Salthill Diving Board by Olivier Longuet Salthill (Irish: Bóthar na Trá - literally, Beach Road) is a seaside resort situated 3 km to the west of Galway City in the province of Connacht in County Galway, Ireland. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (851x532, 98 KB) Galway Bay (.it), co. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (851x532, 98 KB) Galway Bay (.it), co. ... County Clare (Contae an Chláir in Irish) is in the Irish province of Munster. ...

Galway Bay in popular culture

Galway Bay is where Conor Callery lives,and he is mentioned in the lyrics of "Fairytale of New York" in the line The boys of the NYPD choir were singing "Conor Callerry Is Gay". This is most probably a reference to the song 'Galway Bay'. This article is about the song. ... Galway Bay is the name of two different songs. ...

Galway Bay is also mentioned in a song performed by Sir Sean Connery in Disney's "Darby O'Gill and the Little People": Connery as James Bond in Goldfinger. ... Darby OGill and the Little People is a Disney film released in 1959, set in rural Ireland at the beginning of the 20th century. ...

"Have you ever seen the seagulls a-flying on to Heaven or the crimson sails on Galway Bay the fishermen unfurl?

Oh, the Earth is filled with beauty and its gathered all together in the form and face and dainty grace of a pretty Irish girl.

Oh, she is my dear, my darling one. Her eyes so sparkling full of fun. No other, no other can match the likes of her.

Oh, she is my dear, my darling one. My smiling and beguiling one. I love the ground she walks upon, my darling Irish girl."

John Lennon's song The Luck Of The Irish contains the following lines: John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ...

If we could make chains with the morning dew
The world would be like Galway Bay

Galway Bay is also mentioned in Steve Earle's musical tribute to Townes Van Zandt, "Ft. Worth Blues":

"There's a full moon over Galway Bay tonight Silver light over green and blue And every place I travel through, I find Some kinda sign that you've been through "

Steve Earl also mentions Galway and The Long Walk in his song "Galway Girl"

Coordinates: 53°12′N, 9°14′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...