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ourages not only music but also dance and costumes the festival involves both professional and amateur musicians 66 galway cathedral recitals is an international series of concerts of classical music which has taken place in galway cathedral each july and august since 1994 67 a number of choirs are based in the city including the tribal chamber choir founded in 2009 68 the galway baroque singers founded in 1983 cois cladaigh chamber choir founded in 1982 and which sang at the inauguration of president michael d higgins in st patrick s hall dublin castle on 11 november 2011 galway gospel choir founded in 2001 and galway choral association founded in 1998 galway cathedral is home to galway cathedral choir founded in 1965 which sings every sunday and at all the major ceremonies in the cathedral 69 in addition to its parish choir the collegiate church of st nicholas is home to two other choral groups the choral scholars adult and the schola cantorum juvenile the galway arts festival féile ealaíon na gaillimhe takes place in july it was first held in 1978 and since then has grown into one of the biggest arts festivals in ireland it attracts international artists as well as provides a platform for local and national performers the festival features parades street performances and plays musical concerts and comedy acts highlights of the festival tend to be performances by macnas and druid theatre company two local performance groups the galway youth orchestra was formed in 1982 the folk and traditional singer dolores keane lives in galway traditional irish music edit lynch s castle galway city is a major centre for traditional irish music the traditional group de dannan were based in galway musicians such as mickey finn frankie gavin johnny ringo mcdonagh alec finn máirtín o connor and gerry hanley were born or came to prominence in galway carl hession an irish composer arranger and traditional musician also hails from galway city comhaltas branches operate in several parts of the city teaching irish traditional music to children dusty banjos runs classes and sessions in the city for adults switching from other musical traditions to irish traditional music and for adult beginners and improvers who are not at a level where they could participate in general sessions popular and live music edit traditional and contemporary music can be heard at numerous locations around the city among the more notable locations are the crane bar on sea road tigh neachtáin quay street and róisín dubh on lr dominic street galway and its people are mentioned in several songs including galway girl 2000 by steve earle and galway girl 2017 by ed sheeran 70 irish language edit galway city has a reputation among irish cities for being associated with the irish language music song and dancing traditions it is sometimes referred to as the bilingual capital of ireland although like elsewhere in ireland inhabitants converse mostly in english the city is well known for its irishness mainly because it has on its doorstep the galway gaeltacht irish theatre television and radio production and irish music form a component of galway city life with both an taibhdhearc the national irish language theatre in galway city itself while tg4 and rté raidió na gaeltachta headquarters are in the connemara gaeltacht elsewhere in county galway four electoral divisions or neighbourhoods out of twenty two are designated as gaeltachtaí 53 the university of galway also holds the archive of spoken material for the celtic languages 71 events and festivals edit salthill and galway bay is a holiday destination many sporting music arts and other events take place in the city the largest of these annual events begins with the galway film fleadh and the galway arts festival in july the galway races in august and the galway international oyster festival in september other events include the fleadh imboilg the baboró international children s festival the cúirt international festival of literature the galway early music festival 72 seachtain na gaeilge march salthill air show june the colours fringe festival little havana festival the galway sessions 73 galway garden festival 74 galway comedy festival baffle poetry festival galway aboo halloween festival tulca festival of visual arts 75 irish fly fair and angling show 76 galway science and technology festival spirit of voice festival galway christmas market 77 galway african film festival and galway pride festival 78 galway christmas market 2016 in june 2010 the super8 shots film festival was launched in galway the first super 8 mm 0 31 in film festival to occur in ireland 79 religion edit the patron saint of the city since the 14th century has been st nicholas of myra the roman catholic diocese of galway was created in 1831 following the abolition by the holy see of the wardenship of galway it was united with the diocese of kilmacduagh est 1152 and given the administratorship of the diocese of kilfenora est 1152 in 1883 its full name is the diocese of galway kilmacduagh and apostolic administratorship of kilfenora in irish deoise na gaillimhe chill mac duach agus riarachán aspalda cill fhionnúrach in latin diocesis galviensis duacensis ac administratio apostolica finaborensis the diocese is under the patronage of our lady assumed into heaven and st nicholas galway saint fachanan kilmacduagh and st colman kilfenora as the diocese of kilfenora is in the ecclesiastical metropolitan province of cashel the bishop of galway is its apostolic administrator rather than its bishop the dioceses of galway and kilmacduagh are in the ecclesiastical metropolitan province of tuam the current bishop is most rev martin drennan installed 3 july 2005 of the 38 parishes in the rc diocese 14 are situated in the city and are divided into two deaneries the deanery of galway city west and that of galway city east in each deanery a vicar forane exercises limited jurisdiction on behalf of the bishop in the church of ireland galway is a parish of the united diocese of tuam killala and achonry the principal church of the parish is the st nicholas collegiate church founded 1320 russian romanian coptic and mar thoma syrian orthodox churches use the facilities of st nicholas collegiate church for their services the ahmadiyya run galway mosque opened in 2014 is the only purpose built mosque in galway 80 sport edit sports traditionally associated with galway include horse racing gaelic games association football and rugby other common sports in the city include rowing basketball motorsport and greyhound racing horse racing edit jockey and horses preparing for the galway races main article galway races the galway races first held in the 1860s 81 are widely known and one of the highlights of the irish horse racing calendar 82 the festival held over a week has previously recorded attendances of between 120 0000 and 149 000 people 83 84 gaelic games edit main article galway gaa pearse stadium both hurling and gaelic football are popular in galway city pearse stadium in salthill is the home to galway gaa the county s gaelic games body galway s hurlers compete annually in the all ireland senior hurling championship for the liam maccarthy cup the galway senior county hurling team have won the all ireland five times including in 2017 when galway lifted the liam maccarthy cup for the first time in 29 years beating waterford in the 2017 final 85 the galway county football team competes annually in the all ireland senior football championship for the sam maguire cup the gaelic footballers have won the cup nine times with the most recent being in 2001 association football edit main article galway united f c eamonn deacy park formerly terryland park in galway city galway united f c based at eamonn deacy park formerly terryland park in the city 86 was playing in the league of ireland premier division as of the 2026 season 87 originally formed as galway rovers in the 1930s the club was invited to enter the league of ireland in 1977 88 michael d higgins later president of ireland has served as a president of the club in a ceremonial capacity galway united s men s team were fai cup winners in 1991 and league of ireland cup winners in 1986 and 1997 88 while the women s team were all island cup winners in 2023 and 2024 89 rugby edit connacht playing a 2010 11 celtic league match against munster at the galway sportsgrounds the professional rugby union team for the province connacht rugby is based in the city and plays its home matches at the galway sportsgrounds as of 2024 connacht was playing in the united rugby championship formerly pro 12 competition and the european rugby champions cup 90 the team won the 2015 2016 pro12 competition by defeating reigning champions glasgow warriors in the semi final and four time champions leinster rugby in the 2016 grand final 91 there are two senior amateur rugby union teams in galway galwegians rfc and galway corinthians rfc who play in the all ireland league there are also two junior clubs olbc rfc nuig rfc who both participate in the connacht junior league galway bay rugby established in 2007 offers mini rugby for children at in galway city and its surrounds 92 in rugby league the galway tribesmen were all ireland champions in 2020 93 and played in the first round of the 2022 challenge cup 94 95 watersports edit see also galway hooker rowing on the river corrib is undertaken by a number of rowing clubs these include among others the tribesmen rowing club galway rowing club coláiste iognáid the jes rowing club st joseph s patrician college the bish rowing club and university of galway boat club 96 in sailing galway hosted a stopover in 2008 2009 volvo ocean race the city was also the finishing point of the round the world 2011 2012 volvo ocean race 97 there are 25m swimming pools used by a number of competitive swimming clubs at the leisureland complex in salthill and the kingfisher pools at the university of galway and in renmore 98 99 basketball edit moycullen basketball club who were competing in the super league as of the 2022 23 season were the first galway club to compete at the top tier of senior basketball in ireland 100 while the club is situated in moycullen 13 km 8 1 mi west of the city it plays its senior home games in the kingfisher sports centre at the university of galway 101 in 2009 moycullen s cian nihill became the second galway man to represent ireland at senior level being selected 20 years after oranmore maree s james burke lined out for the national team 102 as of 2023 titans basketball club were the only club representing galway in the second tier national league 103 boxing edit professional boxing events have occurred in the city since galway native kieran molloy brought professional boxing back to galway in 2023 for the first time since coleman barrett main evented in 2009 104 in 2024 thomas o toole main evented at leisureland in galway 105 other sports edit the galway greyhound stadium which opened in 1927 and shares some facilities with the connacht rugby team hosts greyhound racing events 106 the galway lawn tennis club has indoor and outdoor facilities including 9 tennis courts 6 squash courts and 7 badminton courts on a 3 acre 1 2 ha site in salthill 107 galway hockey club a field hockey club formed in the early 1950s 108 is based at the university of galway sports campus in dangan 109 economy and infrastructure edit galway harbour galway city is the capital of connacht galway has a strong local economy with complementary business sectors including manufacturing industry tourism retail and distribution education healthcare and services that include financial construction cultural and professional citation needed most 47 of the people employed in galway work in either the commerce or professional sector with a large number 17 also employed in manufacturing most industry and manufacturing in galway like the rest of ireland is hi tech e g ict medical equipment electronics chemicals etc due to the celtic tiger economic boom companies such as boston scientific medtronic ea games cisco and sap ag have their regional offices or other offices in galway city and environs tourism is also of major importance to the city which had over 2 1 million visitors in 2000 and produced revenue of over 400 million 110 the head office of smyths a toy shop company is in galway 111 media edit radio edit there are two radio stations based in the city galway bay fm 95 8 fm broadcasts from the city to the whole county flirt fm 101 3 fm is the student radio station for the university of galway print edit one of the main regional newspapers for the county is the connacht tribune which prints two titles every week the connacht tribune on thursday and the galway city tribune on friday as of january 2007 the tribune has a weekly readership of over 150 000 another galway based newspaper is the galway advertiser a free paper printed every thursday with an average of 160 pages and a circulation of 70 000 copies it is the main paper of the advertiser newspaper group which distributes 200 000 newspapers per and more week to a variety of other irish cities and towns transport edit air edit galway airport located 6 km 3 73 mi east of the city at carnmore ceased to have scheduled passenger flights on 31 october 2011 112 because the runway is too short to take modern passenger jet aircraft it is only capable of limited operations 113 aerfort na minna 22 km 13 67 mi west of the city operates regular flights to each of the aran islands oileáin árann shannon airport 90 km and ireland west airport 86 km are the nearest international airports both of which have flights around ireland and to britain continental europe and north america from shannon bus edit buses are the main form of public transport in the city and county routes operated by bus éireann include routes 401 salthill parkmore 402 seacrest merlin park 404 newcastle oranmore 405 rahoon ballybane 407 bóthar an chóiste and 409 parkmore industrial routes operated by city direct include routes 410 salthill 411 knocknacarra cappagh rd 412 knocknacarra express and 414 barna 114 various bus companies also provide links throughout county galway and nationwide 115 these operate from a number of locations the main bus and rail station in the city is ceannt station galway coach station located at fairgreen 116 is also a coach transport hub scheduled direct and commuter services operate between the coach station dublin and dublin airport as well as services to limerick cork and clifden these are operated by aircoach citylink and gobus 117 118 other regional bus operators use various bus stops around the city centre and many serve the nuig and gmit campuses as well rail edit map of the west of ireland western rail corridor ex gswr line south of limerick in green other ex mgwr lines are in red the galway train galway s main railway station is ceannt station stáisiún cheannt which opened in august 1851 and was re...