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Mullery auctioneers and joint agent Joyce Mackie Lougheed have been instructed with the sale/letting of the ground floor of Marina House, 7 New Docks, Galway. This property is exceptionally well located, overlooking Galway Harbour in the city centre.

In the year 1132, the King of Munster besieged Dún Bun na Gaillimhe (the fortification at the mouth of Galway) on Mutton Island and and destroyed the castle. There is a reference in the year 1190 to Lismacuan, ‘The Fort on the Mouth of the Harbour’. In 1641 an order was made that the lands of Mutton Island were to be made use of as commonage for the inhabitants of Galway.

Sherry FitzGerald is offering No 12 Ce na Mara to the market for sale by private treaty. Ce na Mara was built by TBD Developments in 1999 and has proved to be a popular development, with excellent own entrance apartments overlooking Galway Harbour.

Out of the mists of the Monday afternoon of October 23 1933, there came to Galway a seaplane with a blue black fuselage, orange wings, and silver floats. She circled low over The Claddagh, swooped across the old Spanish Arch, and taking a wide sweep over Lough Corrib, swung around and landed near the lighthouse at 65 miles an hour with scarcely a ripple on the water. Claddagh boats put out in welcome, for it was Colonel Charles A Lindbergh who had flown alone from New York to Paris in May 1927, in 33.5 hours. He had come to Galway as a technical adviser of Pan-American Airways to see what facilities Galway Harbour had to offer as a seaplane base. The Claddagh boatmen towed his plane into New Docks where he was met by several local dignitaries.

O’Donnellan & Joyce has launched its Wild Atlantic Way autumn property auction which will take place on Tuesday September 27, the fifth in the company's series of property auctions for 2016.

O’Donnellan & Joyce has launched its Wild Atlantic Way autumn property auction which will take place on Tuesday September 27, the fifth in the company's series of property auctions for 2016.

O’Donnellan & Joyce is set to hold its Wild Atlantic Way autumn auction on Tuesday September 27, the fifth in its series of property auctions for 2016.

If Eamon Bradshaw and his crew think their courageous plan to extend Galway harbour into deep water to accommodate cruise liners is a step into modernity that will bring commercial success to the city on a grand scale, it pales almost into insignificance compared to the stunning ambitions the Galway merchants schemed in the mid 19th century.

More than 60,000 visitors came to SeaFest last weekend to enjoy an action-packed programme centred on Galway Harbour.

Prepare to ‘sea’ it all this weekend as SeaFest sails into the Galway Harbour and plunges into a weekend overflowing with ocean-themed activities and entertainment.