Kitty, Galway was a corporation town - that is administered by a body separate to that of the county of Galway and it was called Galway Town. The old town, on the east side of the Corrib River, was originally enclosed in walls. The civil parish (and church parish) for this area was/is called St Nicholas. To the east of the Corrib River is the civil (and church) parish area of Rahoon. Parts of it close to the river could be seen as part of old Galway Town and the parish is certainly now part of modern Galway City. In the old days a lot of Rahoon parish was rural land. In the old town area the best thing to do is to walk. However the Clybaun area is on the western outskirts of the Galway City area so you might need transport to explore this area. The Galway City Library, on Nuns Island near the Catholic Cathedral, has copies of the old Griffiths Survey maps so you can spend time there locating the Clybaun townland sites of exactly where your families lived. You need to have with you, or you can look them up in the library, the original Griffiths survey lists as each entry has a number which relates to the maps. Have a great visit Mary >>I have some confusion as to "Galway Town". I find my King/Walsh families >>on the Griffiths in Clybaun, under Parish Rahoon, "Galway Town". Does >>the name Galway Town just differentiate from the city of Galway? What >>about today - is there an area called Galway Town? > Kitty

Maybe this site will help you also. http://griffiths.askaboutireland.ie/ if it comes up funny google it. You can put in Galway Town I envy you my cousin and I are going next April On Mar 25, 2009, at 7:37 AM, Mary wrote: > Kitty, > Galway was a corporation town - that is administered by a body > separate to > that of the county of Galway and it was called Galway Town. The old > town, > on the east side of the Corrib River, was originally enclosed in > walls. The > civil parish (and church parish) for this area was/is called St > Nicholas. > To the east of the Corrib River is the civil (and church) parish > area of > Rahoon. Parts of it close to the river could be seen as part of old > Galway > Town and the parish is certainly now part of modern Galway City. In > the old > days a lot of Rahoon parish was rural land. In the old town area the > best > thing to do is to walk. However the Clybaun area is on the western > outskirts > of the Galway City area so you might need transport to explore this > area. > The Galway City Library, on Nuns Island near the Catholic Cathedral, > has > copies of the old Griffiths Survey maps so you can spend time there > locating > the Clybaun townland sites of exactly where your families lived. You > need to > have with you, or you can look them up in the library, the original > Griffiths survey lists as each entry has a number which relates to > the maps. > Have a great visit > Mary > >>> I have some confusion as to "Galway Town". I find my King/Walsh >>> families >>> on the Griffiths in Clybaun, under Parish Rahoon, "Galway >>> Town". Does >>> the name Galway Town just differentiate from the city of >>> Galway? What >>> about today - is there an area called Galway Town? > Kitty > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message