Galway Ireland Travel

Salthill Airshow A Red Arrows Hawk aircraft pulls up from a dive during at the Salthill Airshow. Sunday 6 July 2003. Photo: Joe Desbonnet. The Vixen Breakat the end of the Red Arrows display.In the background is LE Ciara (Irish Naval Service) and the Clare mountains in the distance.

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Galway City, known as the City of the Tribes with its seaside suburb of Salthill, is an important tourist centre and a gateway to the scenic areas of the county. In the 1400s, there began in Galway the rule of the 'Tribes', as the leading fourteen families were called.

Galway city is the west of Ireland’s bohemian party town with endless festivals and events including the Galway Arts Festival and the Galway races.