Wallace Colm - The Little History Of Galway - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: Today Galway is home to over 250,000 people and plays host to over a million tourists per year who come from all over the world to admire and learn about the culture and history of this beautiful county. Galway has not always been so tranquil however and The Little History of Galway takes a look at the struggles of the county's people across the centuries from the arrival of Stone Age man through the coming of the Normans and their conquest of the city to Galway's eventual battle for independence. Examining pivotal moments such as the siege of Galway by the feared Oliver Cromwell the Penal Laws and the Famine Colm Wallace also explores the writers artists and thinkers that have called the area home as well as the local people who have worked hard over generations to make Galway the welcoming place that it is today.
Title: The Little History Of Galway
Author(s): Wallace Colm
Publisher: The History Press Ltd
Barcode: 9781803997070
Pages: 30 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 10/15/2024
Category: Local History