Definition of Galway Bay

1. Noun. A bay of the North Atlantic on the west coast of Ireland.

Terms within: Aran Islands
Group relationships: Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean
Generic synonyms: Bay, Embayment

Definition of Galway Bay

1. Proper noun. A bay off the east coast of Ireland, between the counties of Galway and Connacht ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Galway Bay

Galo
Galois
Galois theory
Galsworthy
Galton
Galton's delta
Galton's law
Galtonia candicans
Galtonian-Fisher genetics
Galvani
Galveston
Galveston Bay
Galveston Island
Galway
Galway Bay (current term)
Galway hooker
Galway hookers
Galwegian
Galwegians
Galápagos Islands
Galápagos hawk
Galápagos hawks
Galápagos sea lion
Galápagos sea lions
Gamay
Gambel's quail
Gambelia
Gambia

Literary usage of Galway Bay

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Earth and Its Inhabitants by Élisée Reclus (1881)
"Kinvara, on a southern arm of Galway Bay, is the seat of a Catholic bishop ... Munster comprises the whole of South-western Ireland, from Galway Bay to ..."

2. The Plantation Scheme, Or, The West of Ireland as a Field for Investment by James Caird (1850)
"... NORTH SHORE OF Galway Bay—TOWN OF GALWAY. LEAVING Cong on the morning of the 14th October, I sailed for nine miles down Lough Corrib to Oughter- ard, ..."

3. A Statistical Account of the British Empire: Exhibiting Its Extent, Physical by John Ramsay McCulloch (1837)
"The great arm of the sea called Galway Bay is bounded on the north and cast by ... From Black Head in Galway Bay the coast of Clare trends southwest to Loop ..."

4. The Fishery Laws of Ireland by Robert Longfield (1863)
"Cork. Estuary of River Kenmare. Killary Harbour, co. Galway. Bay of ... Bays of Streamstown and Cleggan, county Galway. Bay of Blacksod, county Mayo. ..."

5. The Herring: Its Natural History and National Importance by John Mitchell Mitchell (1864)
"The disputes in reference to trawling in Galway Bay are going on now since 1839, when it was then, urged that all trawling should be prohibited inside a ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"A broad mass of ice-worn gneiss and granite lies between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay, cut off so sharply at the sea as to suggest the presence of an ..."

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