• The University of Galway (Irish: Ollscoil na Gaillimhe) is a public research university located in the city of Galway, Ireland. The university was founded...
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    Galway (/ˈɡɔːlweɪ/ GAWL-way; Irish: Gaillimh, pronounced [ˈɡal̠ʲɪvʲ]) is a city in (and the county town of) County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib...
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  • of University of Galway people, including notable alumni and faculty members of the University of Galway and its forerunners: Queen's College, Galway...
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    University Hospital Galway (Irish: Ospidéal na hOllscoile, Gaillimh) is a major acute hospital in Galway, Ireland. It is managed by Saolta University...
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  • Kelly played on the NUI Galway team that lost the 2018 Sigerson Cup final. He was still on the NUI Galway team when the university won the 2022 Sigerson...
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    County Galway (/ˈɡɔːlweɪ/ GAWL-way; Irish: Contae na Gaillimhe) is a county in Ireland. It is in the Northern and Western Region, taking up the south of the...
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  • University of Galway GAA comprises the Gaelic football and hurling teams at the University of Galway. Competitions in which they feature include the Sigerson...
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    The Galway Races (Irish: Rásaí na Gaillimhe) is an Irish horse-racing festival that starts on the last Monday of July every year. Held at Ballybrit Racecourse...
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  • Galway United Football Club (Irish: Cumann Peile Ghaillimh Aontaithe) is an Irish professional football club based in Galway. They play in the League of...
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    of Galway (Irish: Treibheanna na Gaillimhe) were 14 merchant families who dominated the political, commercial and social life of the city of Galway in...
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    Nicola Coughlan (category Alumni of the University of Galway)
    National University of Ireland, Galway. She then went on to train in England at the Oxford School of Drama and Birmingham School of Acting. At the age of 9,...
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    senator for the National University. He served as minister for arts, culture and the Gaeltacht from 1993 to 1997 and mayor of Galway from 1981 to 1982 and...
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  • Gráinne Seoige (category Alumni of the University of Galway)
    presenter. Gráinne was raised in Galway and attended Mercy Convent, Spiddal , before studying at University College Galway (UCG) and graduating with a B...
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  • The office of Mayor of Galway is an honorific title used by the Cathaoirleach of Galway City Council. The council has jurisdiction throughout its administrative...
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    Evanne Ní Chuilinn (category Alumni of the University of Galway)
    RTÉ, with both analysis and commentary. Ní Chuilinn graduated from NUI Galway. She is married and has three children. "Evanne Ní Chuilinn on love, loss...
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    Martin Sheen (category People associated with the University of Galway)
    National University of Ireland, Sheen joked that he would be the "oldest undergraduate" at the National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway, when he started...
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  • from all the constituent universities of the National University of Ireland. Queen's Colleges at Belfast, Cork, and Galway were established in 1845....
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  • University of Galway RFC is the rugby team of the University of Galway. Their colours are maroon and white. The rugby club was founded in 1874 at the time...
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  • Galway, a small city in Ireland, situated on the west coast of Ireland, has a complex history going back around 800 years. The city was the only medieval...
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  • Nora-Jane Noone (category Alumni of the University of Galway)
    Noone grew up in Upper Newcastle, Galway City. She trained for two years at the Performing Arts School in Galway, and is a proficient musician (piano...
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  • University of Galway Students' Union (Irish: Comhaltas na Mac Léinn, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe) is the representative body of students at the University of...
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    Fiona Murtagh (rower) (category Alumni of the University of Galway)
    2020 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal. Murtagh attended Fordham University from 2012 to 2016 on a rowing scholarship. Along with her team-mates,...
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  • Ógra Fianna Fáil (category Youth wings of political parties in Ireland)
    branch in the University of Galway (UG). Meetings were held off campus for many years before it was officially recognised by university authorities and...
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  • University of Galway's Evan Niland was the top scorer with 1-52.   Advance to knockout stage MTU Cork v University of Galway University of Galway v...
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    Leo Moran (category Alumni of the University of Galway)
    and Sociology at University College Galway. He later trained as a secondary teacher and earned a higher diploma in education. At Galway, he met several...
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  • Robert Finnerty (category Alumni of the University of Galway)
    Salthill-Knocknacarra and at senior level for the Galway county team. Part of the Galway senior panel since 2017, he played for Galway in the 2016 All-Ireland Minor Football...
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  • Máirin de Valéra (category Academics of the University of Galway)
    professor of Botany at University College Galway. Máirin de Valéra was born 12 April 1912 in Dublin, the eldest daughter of seven children of Éamon de...
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    -9.0417 Galway Belfast Dublin The siege of Galway took place from August 1651 to 12 May 1652 during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. Galway was the...
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    Sigerson Cup (category Gaelic football competitions at Irish universities)
    for the longest winning sequence. After their victory in 1936, the Galway University club went on to claim the next five titles and their six in a row...
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    maintains a non-profit status. The Galway Arts Festival organisation was founded in 1978 by University College Galway's Arts Society in collaboration with...
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