This aerial photograph was taken c1945. On the left you can see the Eglinton Hotel which was originally built in the 1860s. Up to that time, Salthill was a small village that included Lenaboy Avenue and the area between what we know as Seapoint and the Bal. The construction of the Eglinton was on a scale not seen before in Salthill, and it extended the village to the west. It came at a time when locals were beginning to promote the village as a resort, a destination for tourists.
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Francis Fahy – poet and songwriter in exile
JOHN CORBETT recalls the life and career of the Kinvara native who never lost his love for Ireland, though spending most of his adult life in England, where he died in 1935.
Kinvara, a pleasant seaside village in Co. Galway, is one of the most westerly points in the island of Ireland. It’s just over 20 miles from Galway city, close to The Burren. Dunguaire Castle is nearby and visitors can enjoy local fish and food at the medieval banquets that are held there.
Cruinniú na mBád and Féile na gCuach are two of its best known festivals and they both attract large crowds in the summertime. It was also home to one of the great songwriters of the 19th. Century, Francis Fahy.