{"id":1402,"date":"2024-11-01T10:32:42","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T10:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/galwaycivictrust.ie\/?p=1402"},"modified":"2024-11-01T10:34:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T10:34:25","slug":"on-this-day-1st-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/galwaycivictrust.ie\/index.php\/2024\/11\/01\/on-this-day-1st-november\/","title":{"rendered":"On this Day&#8230;1st November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On this day, 1 November, 1755, the Lisbon earthquake caused a 2-metre tsunami that hit the coast of Galway, causing some serious damage to the Spanish Arch section of the city walls of Galway.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"750\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/galwaycivictrust.ie\\\/index.php\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/01\\\/on-this-day-1st-november\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:199777122}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 750px; 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height: 209px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p><strong>By <\/strong><span class=\"x1lliihq x6ikm8r x10wlt62 x1n2onr6\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x10flsy6 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xi81zsa\"><strong class=\"html-strong xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs x1s688f\"><span class=\"html-span xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\"><a attributionsrc=\"\/privacy_sandbox\/comet\/register\/source\/?xt=AZXcldBCMxfKrKLR8C3pM6Ob0kNythanjswoCiPbtuv_WaRMEp9qkaBkfpEeLKcU7mzEALWi3OO7-Un9AsfuW_mRt__7ZRU6_qxUQSMIkxuxIhh90XKVuWP5RzQDN7ib-rj08latBVNkGh-p2XjcOVkYeTEoMBO5pJvZfFuH2dJBZZQOSAWEpsh4OVSWKiqHuhJoqutMwiZ0CGShAKnlP4lGTWrWCr7im_8RMcIxHv9K95E5E1E0R38P9-mvjqC8h74grSlSK2zoiS0GXrZ2XnblrUNcMpH6jMVjrRnxfbChRLay5aTQBB2tBz_HqcweGBOYhS4fSfLxe8LgH_al_abOwA_lnKeoZBkj9Z7AbO56lNtDDtTGwUP0wVZGLBa7CQGbsWdpGQtBjjXhJV0E59pQVd2jFuGrCzfhB2d5gFiLJ-XuHCYpYs4NFG1qO8rZnxQY2A85A-FAgVJaIeIoKJK_Od7CuNXmfz-p0DqpqznK4RVfe05gDFnSz6ImKFExD3VLUl1MobFj1Dnqkp4RFTouDu_PuXBLIT6TYzFyruo7Dhb3b6GrHPVdH9jRNM4wQ9ubHOOMcbGsU-sCDbc6wAoVxV1wk43Xpfo9c_1LfPQJaqRI9KxTZeLGrd17lOugVtUOWlRAS8q9IUjLuejTOyTK13by78_eNw_VVvOimOhC9u5elExfQiBSy0YWJnzMHFWg9vYrOhcBq2e7lQCURojiVZ7zpmCjQccfauUByGf2NUsI02eCW5TQ28yRtArwVgouUuPtgn3ZS4czsIQjuky9DeTFhx-Q8UvoMmuRm48Eb11iwv4wPaqBME9-u5emfUkcJLh6YxEjyng6qjMtbJ30782ijms2qXJt7x5eGfWwYrHNkn62VWdpX7xOyg9kvZZInQp-A6NnHAW9ITExaQ2uhg008pWYZ7-vG_vF_WRRVSDBu25sdraygH83Uz8MTNHX3Al0-n9GCGQqN0DsyB1zhmCQV06nwvByG1qVQ9vc4JjaYtrTji4AFHu7-shv-do5azUBYKueBQE_g8m5U6d7r0HF9RFm1Tl8fTUZlTo70wJRha4EYL9-WchxhfjCKC2h5gPEjTKA9S8LiG6qKKdXfi95fJiLd02-wdxqLFPEFscWqsNhBjxob4WR7TXwEz5arIheUuFJPfpo7n9G2PmKBjWr4ktjknLtSg5l2vh_8gc5Ck_tjVNeSGcLxIopvuoOiEliINFOLJrqVnu9AqNQ-1vUSH6FgXWh1TwKZUCXwYl_i4EoErWO0hc0aJQRy-O9qAGeXh-aWu0rCRJBkNrOwHohWBxaL4z3fwKilukEHg\" class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz x1sur9pj xkrqix3 xzsf02u x1s688f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1118770395361739\/user\/100003650678893\/\" role=\"link\" tabindex=\"0\"><span class=\"xt0psk2\"><span><strong>Ian Brophy<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The earthquake, also known as the Great Lisbon earthquake,was a series of earthquakes that occurred on November 1 at approximately 9.40 in the morning. November 1, in the Church calendar, is All Saints\u2019 Day. That Saturday, most of the population were at 9 o\u2019clock morning Mass, to celebrate the Feast of All Saints. It is believed the earthquake had a magnitude of between 8.5 and 9.2 on the Richter scale. The churches, unable to withstand the seismic shock, collapsed, killing and injuring thousands of the worshippers. Reports from the time state that the earthquake lasted from 3 to 6 minutes. Approximately 40 minutes later, a tsunami engulfed the harbour and downtown area of Lisbon. This was followed by 2 more waves. Candles lit in churches and homes all over the city were knocked over, starting a fire which developed into lots of little fires, eventually becoming a firestorm.<\/p>\n<p>Shocks from the earthquake were felt throughout Europe, as far as Finland and north Africa, possibly extending to Greenland and the Caribbean. A 3-metre tsunami hit Cornwall on the English coast. In Co. Clare, Aughinish Island was created when a low-lying connection to the mainland was washed away. At Kinsale, several vessels were whirled around in the harbour; leaving the marketplace flooded.<\/p>\n<p>In 1271 the walls of Galway were started to fortify the town against attack and to protect the inhabitants of the town. In 1584,a fortification was built as an extension of the town walls. Known as Ceann an Bhalla, \u2018the head of the wall\u2019, this fortification was used to house soldiers who kept watch over the quayside and manned cannons placed on top of the fortification. Constructed during the term of William Martin, 34th Mayor of Galway; the fortification later came to be known as the Spanish Arch. 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