Hardiman's History of Galway
Chapter 4: From 1484 to the commencement of the Irish Rebellion in 1641
Sir William Russell, lord deputy,
arrives and investigates the state of the town and province, 1595
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Chapter 4
From 1484 to the commencement of the Irish Rebellion in 1641
- Wardenship of Galway instituted by the archbishop of Tuam
- Charter of Richard III
- Remarkable instance of inflexible justice
- Passage from Corrib to Lough Atalia; Fortifications built; Great
fire in 1500
- Battle of Knoc-tuadh, 1504
- Improvements to the city: 1505 - 1519
- Disputes between Galway and Limerick
- Prisage of wine claimed; Orders of Henry VIII
- Lord Deputy of Ireland, Leonard Grey
- Charter of Henry VIII and Mercantile bye-laws
- Charters of Edward VI
- The earl of Sussex arrives in Galway
- Sir Henry Sidney
- Mac-an-Earlas, 1572 - 1577
- Charter of Elizabeth, 1579
- Sir William Pelham arrives in Galway, 1579
- Prisage of wines in the town established by the earl of Ormond
- Spanish armada vessel wrecked in the bay, 1588
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Sir William Russell, lord deputy,
arrives and investigates the state of the town and province, 1595
- The town beseiged by Hugh Ruadh O'Donnell, 1596
- Licentiousness of the inhabitants of the country
- The chief governor, lord Mountjoy, visits the town, 1600
- Saint Augustine's fort built, 1603
- Charter of James I
- Improvements along quays...
- Viscount Falkland arrives in Galway, 1625
- Meyrick Square
- Sir Thomas Wentworth (afterwards earl of Strafford)
- Concluding observations
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Old map of Galway
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About this time several considerable works were raised for the defence and
security of the town. The point of Ceann-na-bhalla, at the quay,
was converted into a fortification, and furnished with great guns; and a
part of the adjoining walls was built at the expense of the corporation. The
lord deputy, Russel, arrived here in 1595, and was received with great
rejoicings:rr he remained but a short time. The object of
his journey seems to have been to inquire into the state of the town and
province; and during his stay several complaints were made of the rigor and
exactions of Sir Richard Bingham, the governor. for which he was afterwards
removed. ss
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