Erasmus blog Galway
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St Nicholas Church
Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of travellers. Thus, the merchants of Galway chose him as benefactor patron of the town. The church was built in 1320, and after more than one century later it became collegiate church. Today it belongs to the Church of Ireland. Some...
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Ernesto Che Guevara
As I have mentioned the Lynch family to you a lot of times, I am going to tell you a curiosity. Do you know that the Argentine revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara has its roots in Ireland? Irish people say that his great-grandmother emigrated from Galway to South America....
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Lynch Memorial Window, Galway
The Lynch Memorial Window is a facade located in Market Street. It has a window with a shield with a skull and two crossed shinbones. It is supposed that it makes an allusion to a fable about the Lynch's family. According to the legend, Walter was the son of the mayor...
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Lynch Castle
Another important building in Galway is Linch Castle. It is located on the corner of Abbeygate Street and Shop Street. Despite its name, it was the palace of the most influential family of Galway. It is supposed that it was built at the end of the XV century. In the...
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Carnival Time
In a few days there will be Carnival. We will dress up in order to represent what we are not, and, in this way, perhaps, we will show who we really are. That is the grotesque. It was invented by Goya and Quevedo. Valle Inclán formulated it in the theatre. And we all...
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Shop Street
Shop Street is the main street in Galway. It is a pedestrian avenue which links Eyre Square with the moth of Corrib river. Here you can find a lot of shops, that seems obvious, but also dozens of pubs with tables outside! You can also find street artists. Usually, this...
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One day more!
Another morning in Galway, I have been working and knowing Ireland. I am happy! I think that I have learnt a lot. Daddy will tell me that at least... I can iron!
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Some thoughts
Now, the night has fallen, I am looking through my window and I am seeing the world that surrounds me. I am opening my folders full of notes and my book The Major Works of Yeats. Now, I am closing my eyes. In my mind there are a lot of people. I know that I am not...
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Advantages of the new technologies
Being far away from home. Miles away. And you always have the chance to see your people's faces, by means of skype, to have a conversation with your friends, to tell them what we do and why. Those are the new technologies. Taking notes and sending essays. Looking for...
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The walls of the city
You cannot miss either in Galway the rests of the walls of the city that were built in 1270. It is very sad that today we can only enjoy some stretches of wall, one of them in the back of Eyre Square Shopping Centre. The reason is that after the sieges of the XVII...
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Eyre Square
The first stop in the tour is Eyre Square, also known as Kennedy Park. It is the central place of Galway. The reason for what it is called Eyre Square is that in 1710 it was a piece of land which was donated by the Eyre family in order to build the square. However, in...
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Galway, an easy place to visit
I arrived to Galway in September in order to spend the whole year in this fishing town. Since the first day, I was dying to visit the town as if I would not have time to do it the rest of the year. However, I could not as at the beginning I did not have too much free...
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