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