WILLIAM STREET, GALWAY CITY (B/W) Black and white drawing of Shandon Tower and there are dozens of

and there are dozens of tour buses that run this route every day

most evident in the varied pilasters

Doonagore Castle is at present a private holiday home

At the far south-western end

WILLIAM STREET, GALWAY CITY (B/W) Black and white drawing of Shandon Tower and there are dozens of(Pencil Drawing) Dn Bhun na Gaillimhe ("Fort at the Mouth (bottom) of the Gaillimh") was constructed in 1124, by the King of Connacht, Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair (10881156). Eventually, a small settlement grew up around this fort. During the Norman invasion of Connacht in the 1230s, Galway fort was captured by Richard Mor de Burgh, who had led the invasion. As the de Burghs eventually became Gaelicised, the merchants of the town, the Tribes of Galway,