READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/the_wests_awake/gort-county-galways-shiny-new-face-105667378.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/the_wests_awake/gort-county-galways-shiny-new-face-105667378.html Mon, 25 Oct 2010 05:10:15 PDT I was never too fond of the gray town of Gort in Galway from the first time I visited it over 40 years ago It was an aloof kind of town, all cold stone facades, surrounded by Protestants on horseback territory, its main street and large square never cuddling around the visitor like other Galway towns It was also a town where, in that era, it was hard enough to get a decent lunch or even a good pot of tea and a sandwich during the daytime hours when a traveling hack might be arriving on duty Its stories, too, seemed to be mostly on the dark and gloomy side; you were more likely to be reporting a tragedy than a celebration when you had to go to the Gort of the late fifties and sixties READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/news/news_from_ireland/News-from-around-the-32-Counties--99306534.html http://www.irishcentral.com/news/news_from_ireland/News-from-around-the-32-Counties--99306534.html Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:23:36 PDT
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Irish Name: Gaillimh: "stony"

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