If you’ve ever wandered through the historic streets of Galway, you may have noticed the distinctive blue tiles placed above doorways of homes and buildings. These tiles, inscribed with the letters YHS, have long been a source of curiosity, often mistaken for Garda-related emblems or commemorative markers from the 1932 Read more…
Help to make your community a happier, healthier place! Galway City Council is offering grants through the Healthy Ireland Programme to support projects that promote health & well-being in your local community! Grant Funding: • Minimum: €1,000 • Maximum: €5,000 If your project is aimed at improving the health and Read more…
€1.5 million has been added to a fund by the Department of Agriculture with people able to apply to fix up traditional farm buildings. The Heritage Council, in partnership with the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine, manages the Traditional Farm Buildings Grant Scheme. The scheme’s principal objective is Read more…
Folklore and Traditions of Ireland A brief outline of some of customs and traditions relating to the Feast of St. Brigid in Ireland.
Come along to the Hall of the Red Earl – Galway Civic Trust Office – Between 2.00 – 4.00 PM over the next couple of weeks and get your handmade St. Brigid’s Cross, or take part in one of our workshops and learn how to make your own! St.Brigid, also Read more…
Galway Civic Trust office and the adjacent Hall of the Red Earl will be closed on Friday 24th January 2025 due to a severe Red Level Storm warning from Met Éireann (Irish Meterological Service).
On this day, 16 January, 1386, the salmon fishery of Galway was granted to Richard Parrys, burgess of Bristol; for two years, at twenty marks annually. Richard de Burgo and Henry Blake (a burgess of Galway) were commanded not to interfere with the fishery in any manner whatsoever. The Galway Read more…
As we welcome 2025, we reflect on a year filled with remarkable achievements and memorable moments dedicated to preserving and enhancing Galway’s natural, built, and cultural heritage. Celebrating 30 Years of Heritage Preservation In 2024, we proudly celebrated our 30th anniversary with a series of events that highlighted our commitment Read more…
This essay examines the usage of Gaelic enclosed settlement types as habitations into the medieval period and evidence is provided from historical, archaeological and cartographic sources to support the view that ring-fort type enclosures were used by the Gaelic Irish as settlements well into the medieval and post-medieval periods. This Read more…
This essay examines traditional farm buildings as they apply to heritage and landscape, the psychology behind farmers mind-sets in relation to their desire to stay associated with the land when they reach retirement age and how EU legislations pertaining to agricultural heritage and landscape have evolved over recent decades. Examples Read more…