The Eglinton Canal was constructed between 1850 and 1852 for three purposes. The first and most well known was to connect Lough Corrib to the sea at Galway so that goods could be transported in both directions. The second and less well-known reason was to provide a...
The Gaol River is a natural water course that originally branched off the main River Corrib and flowed through the city dividing the two islands, Altenagh and Nun’s Island. Two major mills were located approximately half way down its length. The Gaol River was...
The Distillery River is in actuality a canal that was made out of an original river that flowed out of the River Corrib further north then back into the Corrib further down thus forming Earl’s Island. It was channeled some time in the early nineteenth century to drive...
Although the least well known and the least appreciated of all Galway’s rivers it is the most unusual and the most interesting. It winds like a snake through several neighborhoods but if stretched straight would extend to just under 4 kilometers and be of all Galway’s...
The Corrib River connects Lough Corrib to the sea at Galway. Although one of the shortest rivers in Europe at just over 6 kilometres. it is reportedly the second fastest on the continent and in terms of volume of water displaced second only in Ireland to the Shannon....
