Experience the darker side of Galway on the Galway Gothic City Walking tour.

Experience the darker side of Galway’s medieval past with turbulent tales of siege, rebellion and religious strife. Visit the scenes of public execution and the site of the gruesome Spanish Armada massacre. Explore the bloody origins of the Kings Head pub, the stern and unbending justice of Mayor Lynch and discover what became of Warden Bodkins hand!

The Tour lasts one and a half hours and needs a minimum of two people per tour.The Tour runs at 11.00 am and 3 pm Monday-Saturday.The tours are given through English only.Group rates are on offer from 7 euros.

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John Breslin informs us that there is a Social networking seminar on next Wednesday the 7th of March.

"It’s a late announcement but we will have a special seminar on social networks here in DERI, NUI Galway next Wednesday.

I’m pretty excited by this, and we should have some interesting talks by various guest speakers, with some breakout sessions in the afternoon.

Our main guest speaker will be Valdis Krebs, an expert on social networks who has worked on over 500 projects in this area."

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