Galway City’s Medieval Past, Ireland 1985

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An Taisce publishes a major survey of medieval Galway.
The most comprehensive survey of medieval Galway ever undertaken.
A team of young archaeologists and photographers led by Jim Higgins studied and recorded every building in the city.
Speaking to RTÉ News, Emer Colleran, who organised the survey as Environmental Officer of Galway Taisce, says its first purpose was to show how much of the old City remains. Galway dates back to the 12th century, and the survey should allow a sensitive and informed development of what should be conserved and what should not. The An Taisce survey report was in the process of being bound and put into book form.
An RTÉ News report from 6 March 1985. The reporter is Jim Fahy.

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@gindphace 3 месяца назад

I worked on the graphic design of this survey. We stared in 84 and I had the privilege of managing about 30 others content through snail mail. One of the longest jobs of my life. I’m not sure the document had the interest / significance Galway hoped for.

@user-fh1rz1uq6c 3 месяца назад

Sadly I don't think Irish people have been good at attaching value to their heritage. Do you know if the work you all did saved any medieval buildings from being turned into carparks! Carparks!

@jamesbradshaw3389 3 месяца назад

Good on you for the great and very important works which will hopeful last for evermore

@rnvaamonde 3 месяца назад

I'm sure many continued on the work ye started here one way or another

@gerardkinneen7252 3 месяца назад

This is amazing thanks for sharing!

@jamesbradshaw3389 3 месяца назад

My Story of Ancient Galway City Some years ago when carrying out some work for Holland & Holland gun company who produces some of the very finest and most expensive sporting hunting shotguns in the world, its old directing manager the great Freddy Griffith Jones was retiring and he introduced me to the new man in charge Henry Blosse Lynch all were British army people, As I got to know Henry better he told me that he was a direct decent of the Lynch family, . In 1493 James Lynch Fitzstephen, then mayor of Galway, hanged his own son for the murder of a Spanish merchant, the story left me in a bit shocked, I wished that he never told me that fact about his family history. A little later Henry Blossy Lynch showed me the details of his family home outside Cong Co Mayo, called Partry House, with gatehouse, 1,500 acres 5 or7 lakes and islands with shooting rights all for £300,000.00. Henry did his very best to get me to buy this place but there was a recession on and so I never did go to the bank to get a loan to buy this fine place and this is my explanation of never owning a mansion house with vast amount of land

@aine1169 3 месяца назад

There is zero evidence of the mayor hanging his son. First evidence of that story comes two hundred years after it allegedly happened. And Lynch is a very common surname, I'm guessing the person claiming he's an ancestor is American.

@gindphace 3 месяца назад

Excellent 👌

@jamesbradshaw3389 3 месяца назад

@@gindphaceThank you, I am glad you liked, true story

@johnnielson7676 3 месяца назад

⁠@@jamesbradshaw3389is the Lynch house in Galway where the son was hung the same house that has a stone monkey on it? It’s a beautiful house on a beautiful street with plenty of talented buskers.

@jamesbradshaw3389 3 месяца назад

@@johnnielson7676 Honestly I do not know but will check this out later when I next visit this fine city

@paddyo3841 29 дней назад

One has to ponder why has Irish history been so suppressed and systematically destroyed

@ronocf8290 2 месяца назад

“The uneducated…” jesus

@tommieogrady Месяц назад

Yes, it's the only word, I heard. If you have no interest in Archaeology, she thought one is uneducated.

@cosdrag8807 3 месяца назад

Where can i buy it?

@jamesbradshaw3389 3 месяца назад

Not for sale, it is free, all you have to do is go and see and you walk down the beautiful streets of Galway City

@EverGreen1888 3 месяца назад

Any books and maps that have resulted from this survey would be available at the Hardiman Library at University of Galway. The staff are very helpful and you don't need to be a student as far as I'm aware. (Unless there's exams on)