The words of Arthur Colahan's sentimental ode to Galway Bay, in Irish and English now grace this rather unimposing pair of plaques on the beachfront in Upper Salthill Road.
2026/07/13
2026/07/12
King of the funfair
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| The ferris wheel is King of the funfair! |
This year's Salthill-funfair seems a little more restrained and tasteful - or maybe I was just seeing it in a lovely sunset on a hot, sleepy day.
2026/07/11
Lampoon Castle
I took a quick-pic of this interesting-looking building in Cambridge,
Massachusetts in June 2007 - knowing only that it looked really cute, and made me think of Little Toot the tug-boat.
Thanks to the magic of Google image search, I now know that:
- It's the Harvard Lampoon Building, fondly known as the "Lampoon Castle" and headquarters of a Harvard University under-grad humour magazine.
- It was designed by architect and Lampoon co-founder Edmund M. Wheelwright in 1909, as a mock mock Flemish castle fronted by a human head wearing a helmet or bowler hat, it is an example of the building function driving form.
2026/07/10
Celebrating Galway's Seagulls?
Officially it's a Galway Hooker (ie traditional sailing boat) and a cormorant with the sun as a backdrop of the sun. But it could become known as the Seagull Monument.
2026/07/09
Carrolls with window boxes
The flowering window boxes above this pub were just a at the right stage - blooming without overwhelming the elegance of old stone building, and giving the impression that the whole place is being cared for. But the grass growing out of the chimney brings things back
Minature megalithic mushrooms
Spotted these impressive mushroom-esque monsters in Briarhill Business Park one afternoon after a recent heatwave.
2026/07/08
Acting the goat in Gort
The perfectly purple 💜 Goats Lane Cafe is in Gort, Co Galway. And they make lovely coffee.
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