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2024 Galway County Council Election ...
An election to all 39 seats on Galway County Council was held on 7 June 2024, as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. County Galway is divided into 7 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). Results by party Incumbents retiring Results by local electoral area Athenry–Oranmore Ballinasloe Conamara North Conamara South Gort–Kinvara Loughrea Tuam References {{2024 Irish local elections Galway County 2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galway County Council
Galway County Council () is the Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local authority of County Galway, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, natural environment, environment, and Galway Fire and Rescue Service, local fire services. The council has 39 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the title of Cathaoirleach (local government), Cathaoirleach (chairperson). The county administration is headed by a Chief executive (Irish local government), chief executive, Liam Conneally. The County town, county seat is at (County Hall) in Galway, Galway city. History Galway County Council was established on 1 April 1899 under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 for the administrative county of County Galway. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oranmore
Oranmore ( or ) is a town in County Galway, Ireland, east of Galway city on an inlet of Galway Bay. At the 2022 census, Oranmore had a population of 5,819. The town is in a civil parish of the same name. Etymology Oranmore is the anglicisation of ''Uarán Mór'' or ''Órán Mór''. The first written record of Oranmore is in the Annals of the Four Masters. It was originally called ''Fuarán Mór'', meaning "great spring" in Irish. This name reputedly refers to a spring or well near the village. History Pre-history Evidence of prehistoric settlement in the Oranmore Parish area include a number of fulacht fiadh (at Frenchfort townland), ringforts (Rinn townland) and a megalithic structure (at Garraun South townland). Griffith's Valuation, a land survey completed in 1857, shows several such structures (sometimes colloquially and collectively known as fairy forts) in the area. Medieval church ruins The ruins of a medieval Roman Catholic church is one of the oldest build ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael 'Moegie' Maher
Michael 'Moegie' Maher is an Irish politician, who served as the Mayor of County Galway from 2011 to 2012, and again since June 2022. A native of Loughrea, Maher entered politics as a member of Loughrea Town Council in 2004, joining Galway County Council in 2007. Re-elected in 2009, he became a full-time councillor in 2010. In June, 2011, he replaced Jimmy McClearn as Mayor of County Galway. Maher advocates volunteer work, and supports both the Order of Malta and the Scouting movement, being a former County Secretary for Scouting Ireland Scouting Ireland () is one of the largest youth movements on the island of Ireland, a voluntary educational movement for young people with over 45,000 members, including over 11,000 adult volunteers . Of the 750,000 people between the ages of 6 .... Maher is a supporter of Connacht Rugby, stewarding at home games in the Sportsground. References External links * https://web.archive.org/web/20110619034645/http://www.galwaynews.ie/20016-mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Curley
Shane Curley is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Seanad Éireann, senator for the Cultural and Educational Panel since January 2025. He was a member of Galway County Council for the Loughrea area from 2019 Galway County Council election, 2019 to 2025. He unsuccessfully contested the 2020 Seanad election. He is a secondary school teacher and a qualified financial advisor. References External linksFianna Fáil profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Curley, Shane Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Cultural and Educational Panel senators Fianna Fáil senators Fianna Fáil local councillors Members of the 27th Seanad Members of Galway County Council Politicians from County Galway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loughrea
Loughrea ( ; ), is a town in County Galway, Ireland. It lies to the north of a range of wooded hills, the Slieve Aughty Mountains and Lough Rea, the lake from which it takes its name. The town's cathedral, St Brendan's, dominates the urban skyline. The town is in a townland and civil parish of the same name. The town increased in population in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Although Loughrea serves as a commuter town for the city of Galway, it remains an independent market town. Loughrea is the fourth most populous settlement in County Galway, with a population of 6,322 as of 2022. Name The town takes its name from Lough Rea, ( being a variant of meaning grey or speckled). It is situated on the northern shore of the lake. The lake's Irish name is used in the name of the local Irish-language multi-faith primary school: Gaelscoil Riabhach. The town is located within an area that was historically called Trícha Máenmaige, and a barony called Loughrea. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinvara
Kinvara or Kinvarra () is a sea port village in the southwest of County Galway, Ireland. It is located in the Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Kinvarradoorus in the north of the Barony (Ireland), barony of Kiltartan. Kinvarra is also an Electoral division (Ireland), electoral division. Geography The village lies at the head of Kinvara Bay, known in Irish as (or more recently ), an inlet in the south-eastern corner of Galway Bay, from which the village took its name. It lies in the north of the barony of Kiltartan, near the Burren. The townland of Kinvarra lies in the civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Kinvarradoorus. This civil parish is bounded on the north by Galway Bay, on the east by the parishes of Ballinderreen (Killeenavarra) and Ardrahan, on the south by the parishes of Gort (Kilmacduagh) and Boston, County Clare, Boston (Kilkeedy) and on the west by the parishes of Carron, County Clare, Carron and New Quay, County Clare, New Quay (Abbey, County Clar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gort
Gort ( or ) is a town of around 2,800 inhabitants in County Galway in the west of Ireland. Located near the border with County Clare, the town lies between the Burren and the Slieve Aughty and is served by the R458 road (Ireland), R458 and R460 road (Ireland), R460 regional roads, which connect to the M18 motorway (Ireland), M18 motorway. Etymology Gort is short for the complete Irish name, ''Gort Inse Guaire'' (''gort:'' a meadow, field, ''inse:'' an island, and ''Guaire:'' a Proper noun, proper name) and translates to "field of Guaire's island". History Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes ringfort, souterrain and holy well sites in the townlands of Gort, Ballyhugh, Cloghnakeava, Cloonnahaha and Lavally. In 2022, a large Bronze Age fort, located in Coole Park near Gort, was dated between 800 and 1200 BCE during archaeological work in the Burren lowlands. The Guaire in ''Gort Inse Guaire'' refers to King Guaire "The Generous" (Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin), the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Welby (Irish Politician)
Thomas J. Welby is a politician who is a member of Galway County Council since 2004. Welby served as Mayor of County Galway from 2012 to 2013. He was first elected as a county councillor on 11 June 2004, a year to the day after his father, Tom Welby, died. Welby Sn. served as a Fianna Fáil county councillor for seventeen years, rising to the position of Leas-Chathaoirleach/Vice-Chairperson of the council. Welby joined the Progressive Democrats The Progressive Democrats (, literally "The Democratic Party"), commonly referred to as the PDs, were a conservative liberal political party in Ireland. The party's history spanned 24 years, from its formation in 1985 to its dissolution in 20 ... in 2003 but resigned in 2008, running as an independent in the 2009 local elections, topping the poll in the Connemara electoral area. He repeated his poll topping performance in the same electoral area, now renamed the Connemara Municipal District in the 2014 local elections. External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connemara
Connemara ( ; ) is a region on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of western County Galway, in the west of Ireland. The area has a strong association with traditional Irish culture and contains much of the Connacht Irish-speaking Gaeltacht, which is a key part of the identity of the region and is the largest Gaeltacht in the country. Historically, Connemara was part of the territory of Iar Connacht (West Connacht). Geographically, it has many mountains (notably the Twelve Pins), peninsulas, coves, islands and small lakes. Connemara National Park is in the northwest. It is mostly rural and its largest settlement is Clifden. Etymology "Connemara" derives from the tribal name , which designated a branch of the , an early tribal grouping that had a number of branches located in different parts of . Since this particular branch of the lived by the sea, they became known as the (sea in Irish is , genitive case, genitive , hence "of the sea"). Definition One common definition o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis O'Hara
Louis O'Hara (born ) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway East constituency since the 2024 general election. Early life and education The son of a solicitor, O'Hara is from Cashla, a townland in Athenry civil parish. O'Hara graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Public and Social Policy and a Master of Arts in Public Activism and Advocacy, both from the University of Galway. Political career O'Hara joined Sinn Féin at the age of 17, stating he was drawn in by the party's focus on representing young people. O'Hara stood unsuccessfully at the 2019 local elections to Galway County Council. At the 2020 general election, aged 22 and still a student at University of Galway, O'Hara lost out to Anne Rabbitte of Fianna Fáil. Following the election of Sinn Féin's Midlands North West MEP Matt Carthy as TD for Cavan-Monaghan in February 2020 and his replacement as MEP by Chris MacManus of Sligo, O'Hara became constituency manager for MacMa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Dolan
Albert Dolan (born 1 December 1998) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway East constituency since the 2024 general election. Political career He was a member of Galway County Council for the Athenry–Oranmore local electoral area from 2019 to 2024. Dolan topped the poll in the Galway East constituency at the 2024 Irish general election and was officially deemed elected on his 26th birthday, making him one of the youngest members of the 34th Dáil. He proposed Micheál Martin for the position of Taoiseach at a sitting of Dáil Éireann Dáil Éireann ( ; , ) is the lower house and principal chamber of the Oireachtas, which also includes the president of Ireland and a senate called Seanad Éireann.Article 15.1.2° of the Constitution of Ireland reads: "The Oireachtas shall co ... on 23 January 2025. References External linksFianna Fáil profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Dolan, Albert Living people 1998 births Members of Galway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athenry
Athenry (; ) is a town in County Galway, Ireland, which lies east of Galway city. Some of the attractions of the medieval town are its town wall, Athenry Castle, its priory and its 13th-century street-plan. The town is also well known by virtue of the song " The Fields of Athenry". The town is in a townland, civil parish and barony of the same name. History Athenry's name derives from the ford ('Áth') crossing the river Clarin just east of the settlement. It was originally called 'Áth na Ríogh' ('Ford of the Kings') because it was the home area of the Cenél nDéigill kings of Soghan, whose leading lineage were the Ó Mainnín. On some medieval maps of English origin the town is called Kingstown. Originally, Soghan was surrounded by Uí Maine to the east, Aidhne to the south, and Maigh Seola to the west. However, after 1135, and by 1152, Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair forcibly incorporated it into the newly created trícha cét of Clann Taidg, ruled by lords such as F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
