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The Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and St Nicholas

Commonly known as Galway Cathedral

Is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Galway

And one of the largest and most impressive buildings in the city.

Galway is a city in the West of Ireland

In the province of Connacht

Which is the county town of County Galway.It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay.It is the most populous settlement in the province of Connacht

The sixth most populous city on the island of Ireland and the fourth most populous in the Republic of Ireland

With a population at the 2022 census of 85

Galway African Film Festival (GAFF) is an annual African film festival taking place in Galway on the west coast of Ireland in late May / early June to coincide with Africa Day an annual commemoration on 25 May of the 1963 founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU).It aims to showcase the wealth and diversity of African film that would otherwise be inaccessible to Galway audiences.\nSecondly

The Festival aims to reflect and celebrate the culturally diverse profile of Galway society

The city with the highest percentage (2.8%) of people from African countries.\nThe Festival is organised by the Galway One World Centre in collaboration with the Huston School of Film & Digital Media and the Galway Film Society.Venues for screenings of films have included the Town Hall Theatre

Huston School of Film & Digital Media

And Nuns Island Theatre.\nThe Festival is supported by Irish Aid

Galway City Council and the Galway Advertiser.

Galway City Council is the local authority in the city of Galway

Ireland.As a city council

It is governed by the Local Government Act 2001.The council is responsible for housing and community

Urban planning and development

And environment.The council has 18 elected members.Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote.The head of the council has the title of mayor.The city administration is headed by a Chief Executive

Patricia Philbin.The council meets at City Hall

The Galway Hooker Brewery is based in Oranmore

Ireland.The brewery was founded in 2006 by two cousins

Aidan Murphy and Ronan Brennan

And the name of the brewery and its first beer were decided by an online competition to choose a name.

The Galway International Arts Festival (GIAF)

Is a cultural organization that produces an annual arts festival in Galway

Ireland.It also produces new work that tours nationally and internationally

In addition to presenting the discussion forum

First Thought Talks.The festival maintains a non-profit status.

\n\nThe Galway International Oyster Festival is a food festival held annually in Galway on the west coast of Ireland on the last weekend of September

The first month of the oyster season.Inaugurated in 1954

It was the brainchild of the Great Southern Hotel manager

Brian Collins.In 2000 was described by the Sunday Times as one of the 12 greatest shows on earth and was listed in the 1987 AA Travel Guide as one of Europe's Seven Best Festivals.

The Galway Races is an Irish horse-racing festival that starts on the last Monday of July every year.Held at Ballybrit Racecourse in Galway

It is one of the longest of all the race meets that occur in Ireland.

Also known as The Galway Sportsgrounds and the Galway Greyhound Stadium and the Connacht Rugby Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Galway

Ireland.It opened in 1927

With the playing of a football match and has been used to host Connacht Rugby matches and greyhound racing since that time.

Galway United Football Club is an Irish association football club based in Galway.They play in the League of Ireland First Division.\nThey were founded as Galway Rovers F.C. during the 1930s.They made their League of Ireland debut in 1977–78 and changed their name to Galway United in 1981–82.After suffering financial difficulties

The club dropped out of the League of Ireland after the 2011 season but in 2014 Galway United returned initially playing as Galway F.C. for a season.Like other sports teams from the county

Galway United are nicknamed The Tribesmen

After the 14 tribes of Galway

The merchant families that established the city.

The office of Mayor of Galway is an honorific title used by the ga>Cathaoirleach of Galway City Council.The council has jurisdiction throughout its administrative area of the city of Galway which is the largest city in the province of Connacht

In Ireland.The current mayor is Eddie Hoare

The Tribes of Galway were 14 merchant families who dominated the political

Commercial and social life of the city of Galway in western Ireland between the mid-13th and late 19th centuries.They were the families of Athy

1. Blake
2. Bodkin
3. Browne
4. Darcy/D’Arcy
5. Deane
6. Font
7. French
8. Joyce
9. Kirwan
10. Lynch
11. Martyn

Morris and Skerritt.Of the 14 families

12 were of Anglo Norman origin

While two—the Darcy and Kirwan families—were Normanised Irish Gaels.