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January - Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally (died 1766), French general, born at Romans, Dauphin, the son of Sir Gerald Lally, an Irish Jacobite from Tuam, County Galway, who married a French noblewoman.
An tAcadamh works in co-operation with faculties, departments and other university offices to develop the range and number of programmes that are provided through the medium of Irish on campus and in the Acadamh’s Gaeltacht centres in Carraroe, Carna and Gweedore.
Her mother, Jane de Vere, was Irish, and traced her descent to the 15th Earl of Oxford; she would inherit Issercleran, Craughwell, County Galway in 1914.
Eoghan Finn was the ancestor of King Tadhg Mór Ua Cellaigh (died 1014), from whom descend the Clann Ó Cellaigh or Kelly of County Galway, who were referred to as tuaiscert O Maine (northern Uí Maine).
It was purchased in the 1870s by the three Newton brothers (Canon Horace Newton, Goodwin Newton & William Newton III).
Cathal mac Ógán is an ancestor of the Ó Cathail–Cahill family of County Galway.
His father was of Polaniran (Ironpool), Tuam, County Galway - see Soraca Jonin - left Ireland in 1738 and settled in the town of Tonnay-Charente in the south west of France with his wife.
NTL also own the remaining MMDS licences (for cells covering counties Dublin, Galway, Mayo, and Waterford).
Clifden Castle is a ruined manor house west of the town of Clifden in the Connemara region of County Galway, Ireland.
When his uncle, William O'Shaughnessy, died in 1744, he became the Chief of the Name and commenced a lawsuit in the Court of Common Pleas to recover the ancient O'Shaughnessy estates at Gort in County Galway, Ireland.
The territory contains the five Catholic parishes of An Clochán (Clifden, Omey & Ballindoon), Iorras Ainbhtheach (Carna), Cloch na Rón/(Roundstone), Baile na Cille (Ballynakill) and Inis Bó Fine/(*Inishbofin (County Galway).
Most recently in 2003 Irish Artist Sean Corcoran and his wife claim to have witnessed a Dobhar-Chú on Omey Island in Connemara, County Galway.
Anglicised Geraghty, descendants of the family are still found in large numbers in County Mayo, County Galway, and County Roscommon
William Le Poer Trench, third son of the third Earl, was a Colonel in the Royal Engineers and briefly represented County Galway in the House of Commons.
She spent part of her childhood with the Kirwans of Castle Hackett, County Galway, her mother's family, and drew on West of Ireland themes for many of her works.
Francis' grandmother, Catherine Burton, was the daughter of Reverend Edward Burton, Vicar of Annaghdown, County Galway and Maria Margaretta Campbell, who it is claimed was descended from Louis XIV of France by a Countess of Montmorency.
Mullen was born to Denis Mullen (1806–86) and Ellen Mulray (1816–88) in the town of Ballinasloe, County Galway, in June 1847.
Born in Dublin, he was eldest son of Robert Mason of Mason-Brook, County Galway, by Sarah, eldest daughter of George Monck of St. Stephen's Green, Dublin.
One of his most notorious acts was the destruction of Athenry in 1572, after which he demolished most of the castles in Clanricarde, afterwards plundering south County Galway, County Roscommon, and crossed the Shannon into County Westmeath, where he buried Mullingar, Meelick and Athlone.
It is linked to the nearby town of Carna by the Irish college of Coláiste Sheoisaimh, which runs courses during the summer and mid-term breaks.
Cill Rónáin (anglicized as Kilronan) is the main settlement on Inishmore, one of the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland in County Galway.
Born in Rosmuc, County Galway, she is a former Miss Galway (2007) and a runner up for Miss Ireland in the same year.
The closest village is Finny, County Mayo with the picturesque Galway village of Leenaun (and Ireland's only "fjord", Killary Harbour) approximately 11 km distant.
The royal dynasty of the Delbhna Tir Dha Locha adopted the surname MacConraoi, sometimes anglicised as Conroy, still found in Connemara and other parts of County Galway, but more often as King.
The family of Lally (also O'Lally or O'Mullally) were an Irish family originally from Tuam, County Galway, who distinguished themselves in the service of the Jacobite pretenders and in the French service.
Initially, Mary and Nora lived with Nora's family in Athenry in County Galway.
Na Ceannabháin Bhána "The Fair Canavans" is a song in slip jig time from Carna in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland.
Naisrín is one of the younger daughters of Treasa Ní Cheannabháin, a native of County Galway and a fine singer in the sean-nós tradition, and Saber Elsafty, an Egyptian doctor.
McDonough was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, the son of Catherine (née Bushe) and Frank McDonough, motel owners who emigrated from Ireland, with his mother coming from County Tipperary and his father from County Galway.
Ó Cillín is the name of a family now rendered as Killeen (also Killian and Killion), found mainly in County Roscommon, County Mayo and County Galway.
In 1850, Isabella married Colonel Frederick Charles Trench of Woodlawn, County Galway, Ireland.
Tyrrell was born in 1916 to poor parents near Cappagh, Ahascragh, County Galway, Ireland.
Rita Keane (born 31 December 1922, Caherlistrane, near Tuam, County Galway, Ireland - died 28 June 2009, Galway City) was an Irish traditional singer and accordionist.
Rita Kelly (born 1953) is an Irish poet from Ballinasloe in eastern County Galway who now lives in an old lock house along the river Barrow between Athy and Carlow.
A native of Carna, she enjoys the cinema, gym, socialising and dancing.
Born in Carna, Conamara, Co. Galway, he won a scholarship to Coláiste Éinde and qualified as a primary teacher in 1940.
Sir John Kirwan, Irish Entrepreneur, founder of the Kirwans of Castle Hackett, County Galway.
Despite representing England at junior levels, Reid decided to play full international football for the Republic of Ireland, whom he qualifies to play for through his father who was born in County Galway.
The legendary Irish-language storyteller Éamon a Búrc spent several years in the district before a railroad accident took his leg, leading him to return to his village in County Galway, Ireland.
The first series, broadcast in four parts over four weeks, followed six male teenagers, each with their own individual behavioural difficulties, as they undertook a three-week activity programme at Delphi Adventure in Connemara, County Galway during September 2008.
The novel is also peppered with Adair's reminiscences of his aristocratic childhood in County Galway.
He was born at Romans-sur-Isère, Dauphiné, the son of Sir Gerald Lally, an Irish Jacobite from Tuam, County Galway, who married a French lady of noble family, from whom the son inherited his titles.
Hazell was born in Roundstone, County Galway on the west coast of Ireland, to Thomas Hazell and Cecile Buckley.
The following year, he became Rector of Kilmoyan and Cummer in County Galway.