The city of Galway, Ireland is one of the most culturally rich places not only in Ireland, but the world in general. Until the last century, its isolation on the fringes of Europe has limited its exposure to the influences from of other places and the region has even been one of the small pockets that have kept the Irish language alive. The Galway Museum does a spectacular job of showcasing the history of the area and of greater Ireland.
This video will give you a quick tour that shows you most of what you will find inside and share a wealth of historical information about the region.
The Galway Museum sits on one of the most historic sites in the city, just next to the Spanish Arch which is a remaining section of the medieval wall that once surrounded the city.
The Galway City Museum was founded in 1976, and was originally housed in the Comerford House, which had been built around the year 1800, and was the private house of artist Clare Sheridan, who was a first-cousin to Winston Churchill.
When you first come in the museum you will see incredible photographs that show historic scenes of the city. Here you will also see the statue of the famous Pádraic Ó Conaire. Pádraic was born Patrick Joseph Conroy in 1882, in Galway. He was orphaned and went to live with his uncle, in Ros Muc, in Connemara. Patrick took a job in London, England and joined the Gaelic League whose goal was to revive the Irish language. Patrick began writing stories under the name Pádraic Ó Conaire and his writings were about the real life struggles of the Irish such as poverty, emigration, and mental illness.
Next you can learn about the region in ancient prehistoric times with ancient weapons on display. This area of the museum has a great exhibit about the stone forts found on the Aran Islands. Soon, you come to an exhibit about the Gaelic people.
Further in this exhibit you will find various artifacts with displays of other important occupations in the Gaelic culture such as the Cláirseach, which is a Gaelic harper, the Ollamh, which is a teacher of the Gaelic Arts in Gaelic schools usually attended by boys of wealthy families, and An Lia, which where physicians.The Seanchaidh kept, and orally passed on the local legends, and the genealogy.
Next is a display of items from the struggle in the early 1900s for Irish Independence. Propaganda for a free Ireland became common and organizations were formed such as the Gaelic League, which advocated for the rebirth of the Irish language, and the Gaelic Athletic Association, which organized the playing of traditional Irish athletics.
In 1913 the Irish Volunteers Force was organized and branches exploded all over Ireland. The situation continued to gain steam, and the following year, Great Britain entered into The Great War, or as we call it today, World War I. The time bomb finally went off during the 1916 Easter Rising event.
The British mishandled many of the situations and created many martyrs. One of those martyrs was James “Seamus” Quirk who in September 1920 fell victim of a horrible event. Quirk was taken half-dressed from is bed, and beaten severely before being forced to stand under a lamp post at the end of the docks, and shot in the stomach several times. He was left for dead and somehow managed to get back to his bed and send for the priest Fr Michael Griffin.
Royal Irish Constables who were a force of the Crown.The British government began to recruit men from England, Scotland and Wales that were veterans of World War I. These new recruits were called “Black and Tans” due to the colors of their uniforms and were known for their indiscriminate violence.
Eventually Ireland won its independence from the Crown on December 6, 1922. The fight was far from over and now Ireland fell into a civil war for control of the government. Four members of the IRA, Stephen Joyce, Martin Burke, Michael Walsh, and Herbert Collins were executed on January 20, 1923 for being in possession of arms and ammunition. The counties in Ulster became what was then called Northern Ireland, and remained part of the United Kingdom.
The next major exhibit that you come to at the museum is about The Claddagh. Claddagh is an area of Galway on the opposite side or the River Corrib as this museum. Claddagh is known for is its famous ring that so many all over the world wear today. The ring symbolizes love, loyalty and friendship, with the heart representing love, the crown loyalty, and the hands friendship.
The last exhibit that we will discuss today is the one of maritime history and marine biology. The museum displays a sample of a typical fishing boat of the area that is referred to as a “Galway Hooker”.
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