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County Galway

County Galway is a county in the province of Connacht in the west of Ireland, with the city of Galway as its centre. It includes Connemara, the Aran Islands and Lough Corrib. Its eastern part was the core of the Gaelic kingdom of Uí Maine, ruled by the O'Kellys, while the city was founded by the Anglo-Norman de Burghs.

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Kingdom of Ui Maine

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). County Galway. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/county-galway
MLA: “County Galway.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/county-galway. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “County Galway.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/county-galway.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘County Galway’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/county-galway (Accessed: ).

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