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In the nineteenth century, Nun’s Island was part of the industrial heartland of Galway. The 1911 census tells us that the street comprised of 2 lodging houses, Grace’s Asylum, the Presbyterian Church, a Ladies School, a Fever Hospital, Her Majesty’s Prison, a Brewery and Malt House, St. Joseph’s Seminary, 2 Flour Mills, a Granite Works and the Poor Clares Convent as well as the various residences.
Our somewhat hazy photograph was taken about 100 years ago, and shows, on the left, the gates into the Bishops School. The tall building next to it was a bonded warehouse belonging to J.T. Miller and Sons. The Patrician Brothers bought this building in 1930 with the intention of erecting a new school there. The Bish had originally opened its doors on this street in 1862--- next year will be their 150th anniversary---- and gradually grew into one of Galway’s most important educational institutes.
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This photograph of Whitehall was taken about 1984, after a row of small houses that were on the left were demolished. The space was used as a temporary car park before the development that is there today was constructed.
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The Garra Glas (The green field or green garden) was an area of the
Claddagh which corresponds to where the Fire Station is today. Our
photograph was taken in the 1930’s when things were changing in the area
…. the old Claddagh houses were being gradually knocked down to make
way for those that are there today. Kerbstones were being laid down to
frame the newly laid road surface.
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This photograph of the main entrance to Galway Gaol (facing the Salmon Weir Bridge) was taken in 1903. It was an imposing and intimidating building. The execution chamber was just over the main gate, and many prisoners perished there.
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What we know as Salthill Park was originally a large field with a small lake. It was landscaped in 1907. In 1925, the Salthill Development Organisation (SDO) asked the Corporation to clean up a cesspool there, but that took some years. In 1924, three councillors, Mr. Bailey, Eyre Square, Martin Cooke and John Coogan bought an aeroplane hangar for the Urban Council for £400. It had been used by the RAF in Oranmore, and was re-erected it in the park. It was called the Pavilion Ballroom, but everyone knew it as 'the Hangar'.
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