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Archives and Libraries

For a list of archives and libraries on the national level, go to the Ireland Archives and Libraries page.

Archives

Galway County Council Archives
Island House
Cathedral Square
Galway H91 RYC9, Ireland

Telephone: 091 509388
Email: archivist@galwaycoco.ie
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• Ireland Genealogy Projects County Galway Genealogy Archives
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Museums

Athenry Heritage Centre
St. Mary's
The Square
Athenry
Telephone: 091 844661
Email: athenryheritagecentre@gmail.com
Website: Athenry Heritage Centre
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The mission statement of Athenry Heritage Centre is to conserve and enhance the cultural and historical amenities of the best-preserved medieval town in Ireland. It is the ideal place to discover the rich history of this medieval town. Learn how the Anglo-Normans made Athenry the town it is today and experience this history with interactive exhibits of weaponry, armour, the dungeon, and the market square.

Galway City Museum
Spanish Parade
Galway City Centre
Galway H91 CX5P
Telephone: 091 532 460
Email: museum@galwaycity.ie
Website: Galway City Museum
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Galway City Museum has three floors of exciting exhibitions engaging visitors in the archaeology, history, and sea science of Galway. The attraction is one of Galway’s most popular cultural hotspots and welcomes over 200,000 visitors per year.

Ionad Arann Heritage Centre
Cill Ronain
Inis Mor, Arainn
Telephone: 99 61355
Email: info@visitaranislands.com
Website: Ionad Arann Heritage Centre
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Step up from the Ferryboat or the village and step into the essential Arainn, a window into the lives and times of a resilient people. A guided tour through the Centre will take you back more than two thousand years in the life and times of the Aran Islands. Vivid exhibitions will introduce you to the landscape, traditions and culture of these harsh, yet beautiful Atlantic Isles.

For a list of County Galway museums, go to List of museums in the Republic of Ireland in Wikipedia. Click on the arrow in the column heading labeled County to make the listing alphabetical by county name beginning with County Carlow.