County Galway is located on the
west coast of
Ireland. It is in the
Irish province of
Connacht. The county takes its name from the city of
Galway. It is the second largest county in Ireland, after
County Cork. There are several strongly Irish-speaking areas in the west of the county. The county comprises a number of distinct territories which predate the formation of the county by the English colonial administration in Ireland in the late
1500s. The major ones are
Iar Connacht, or 'West Connacht', which covers the portion of the county (and also a small part of County Mayo) west of Loch Corrib and which contains
Connemara in the far west and Joyce Country in the north-west. The territory of
Aidhne lies in the south of the county and is coextensive with the diocese of Kilmacduagh.
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