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County in Connacht, Ireland
County Galway
Contae na Gaillimhe
County
Coat of arms
Nickname(s):
The Tribesmen, The Hooker County[citation needed]
Motto(s):
Irish: Ceart agus Cóir "Righteousness and Justice"
Anthem:
The Fields of Athenry
(unofficial)[1]
Location in Ireland
Country
Ireland
Province
Connacht
Region
Northern and Western
Established
c. 1569[2][3]
County town
Galway
Government
• Local authorities
County Council and City Council
• Dáil constituency
Galway East
Galway West
Roscommon-Galway
• EP constituency
Midlands–North-West
Area
[4]
• Total
6,151 km2 (2,375 sq mi)
• Rank
2nd
Highest elevation
(Benbaun)
729 m (2,392 ft)
Population
(2022)[5]
• Total
276,451
• Rank
5th
• Density
45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC±0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+1 (IST)
Eircode routing keys
F31, H53, H54, H62, H65, H71, H91 (primarily)
Telephone area codes
090, 091, 093, 099 (primarily)
ISO 3166 code
IE-G
Vehicle index mark code
G
Website
www.galway.ie www.galwaycity.ie
County Galway (/ˈɡɔːlweɪ/GAWL-way; Irish: Contae na Gaillimhe) is a county in Ireland. It is in the Northern and Western Region, taking up the south of the province of Connacht. The county population was 276,451 at the 2022 census.[5]
There are several Irish-speaking areas in the west of the county. The traditional county includes the city of Galway, but the city and county are separate local government areas, administered by the local authorities of Galway City Council in the urban area and Galway County Council in the rest of the county.
^"The GAA and the All Ireland Championship". Dochara. 30 December 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
^MANNION, JOSEPH (20 June 2019). "Elizabethan County Galway: The Origin and Evolution of an Administrative Unit of Tudor Local Government". Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society. 64: 64–89. JSTOR 24612855.
^"County Galway, Ireland Genealogy Genealogy". FamilySearch Wiki. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
^"County Profiles – Galway". Western Development Commission. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
^ ab"Census of Population 2022 – Preliminary Results". Central Statistics Office (Ireland). 23 June 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
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