Hardiman's History of Galway
Chapter 4: From 1484 to the commencement of the Irish Rebellion in 1641
Passage from Corrib to Lough Atalia; Fortifications built; Great
fire in 1500
Chapter 4
From 1484 to the commencement of the Irish Rebellion in 1641
- Wardenship of Galway instituted by the archbishop of Tuam
- Charter of Richard III
- Remarkable instance of inflexible justice
- Passage from Corrib to Lough Atalia; Fortifications built; Great
fire in 1500
- Battle of Knoc-tuadh, 1504
- Improvements to the city: 1505 - 1519
- Disputes between Galway and Limerick
- Prisage of wine claimed; Orders of Henry VIII
- Lord Deputy of Ireland, Leonard Grey
- Charter of Henry VIII and Mercantile bye-laws
- Charters of Edward VI
- The earl of Sussex arrives in Galway
- Sir Henry Sidney
- Mac-an-Earlas, 1572 - 1577
- Charter of Elizabeth, 1579
- Sir William Pelham arrives in Galway, 1579
- Prisage of wines in the town established by the earl of Ormond
- Spanish armada vessel wrecked in the bay, 1588
-
Sir William Russell, lord deputy,
arrives and investigates the state of the town and province, 1595
- The town beseiged by Hugh Ruadh O'Donnell, 1596
- Licentiousness of the inhabitants of the country
- The chief governor, lord Mountjoy, visits the town, 1600
- Saint Augustine's fort built, 1603
- Charter of James I
- Improvements along quays...
- Viscount Falkland arrives in Galway, 1625
- Meyrick Square
- Sir Thomas Wentworth (afterwards earl of Strafford)
- Concluding observations
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Old map of Galway
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The corporate regulations already detailed infused new spirit and vigour
among the inhabitants. Several useful and considerable works were now
undertaken by the corporation; and, in the mayoralty of Andrew Lynch
Fitz-Stephen, in 1498, the important communication from
Lough-athalia? to
Poulavorline, which would have opened an easy passage from
Lough-corrib? to
the sea, (and which is still so desirable,) was commenced, but never
completed. The remains of this useful, but neglected, work are yet visible,
and are distinguished by the name of "Lynch's Folly." In the same year the
curfew-bell was introduced, and a considerable part of the fortifications
from the shoemaker's tower to the quay was built. These improvements were
for a while impeded by an accidental fire which took place in 1500, and
consumed a great part of the town. The inhabitants, however, soon repaired
these losses, and afterwards, from time to time, beautified the town with
several most superb structures, many of which remain entire to this day;
bearing dates and inscriptions which generally contain the names of their
founders, and denote the particular periods of their erection.
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