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County Galway

county in Ireland
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Summary

County Galway is a county of Ireland[1]. It draws 2,719 Wikipedia views per month (county of ireland category, ranking #9 of 26).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Connacht[3]
  • Country: Ireland[4]
  • Capital: Galway[5]
  • Shares border with: County Clare[6], County Offaly[7], County Roscommon[8], County Mayo[9]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Galway City East[10], Galway City Central[11], Galway City West[12], Ballinasloe[13], Conamara[14], Loughrea[15], Athenry–Oranmore[16], Tuam[17]
  • Legislative body: legislative body of Galway County Council[18]
  • Executive body: office of the Cathaoirleach of County Galway[19]
  • Commons category: County Galway[20]
  • Licence plate code: G[21]
  • Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[22]
  • Official website: https://www.galway.ie[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:County Galway[24]
  • Commons gallery: County Galway[25]
  • Population: 277,737[26]
  • Office held by head of government: Cathaoirleach of County Galway[27]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[29], 1901 Census of Ireland[30], 1911 Census of Ireland[31], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[32], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[33], New International Encyclopedia[34]
  • Topic has template: Template:County Galway[35]
  • Official name: Gaillimh[36], Galway[37]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in County Galway[38]
  • Native label: Gaillimh[39], Galway[40]
  • Area: 6149.0 km²[41]
  • Language used: Irish[42]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of County Galway[43]
  • Historic county: County Galway[44]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for County Galway include Viscount Galway[45], a noble title[46], in Kingdom of Ireland[47].

Why It Matters

County Galway has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

Entities named for it include Viscount Galway[45], a noble title[46], in Kingdom of Ireland[47].

Related Entities

Elias Z. Tragos Ireland Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Studies

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . iso.org. iso.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . cso.ie. cso.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . census.nationalarchives.ie. census.nationalarchives.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . census.nationalarchives.ie. census.nationalarchives.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · Entroupe · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Office held by head of government → Cathaoirleach of County Galway
    Instance of → county of Ireland
    Located in → —
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of County Galway
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Locator map image: Island of Ireland location map Galway.svg"
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