Brendan O'Mahony on Wolfe Tone Bridge for 'Those We Remember' historical walkabout (Culture Night 2025)
This short talk by Brendan O'Mahony is one of eight delivered on a walk through Galway on Culture Night, 19 September 2025. The focus was on the individuals remembered in statues and public spaces around the city centre. Brendan talks about the founder of Irish republicanism Theobald Wolfe Tone, his connection with Galway, and the circumstances surrounding the naming of the Wolfe Tone Bridge. Brendan O'Mahony is a former post primary teacher and a french language tour guide. ...
4 Dec 2025
Gary McMahon on John F. Kennedy Park and bust for 'Those We Remember' historical walkabout (Culture Night 2025)
This short talk by Gary McMahon is one of eight delivered on a walk through Galway on Culture Night, 19 September 2025. The focus was on the individuals remembered in statues and public spaces around the city centre. Gary McMahon talks about the memorialisation of JFK in Eyre Square, in particular the bust by local sculptor Albert O'Toole marking the US president's visit to Galway in 1963. Gary McMahon is an arts broadcaster on Galway Bay FM, formely employed by Galway City Counci...
2 Dec 2025
John Cunningham on Lord Dunkellin monument for 'Those We Remember' historical walkabout (Culture Night 2025)
This short talk by John Cunningham is one of eight delivered on a walk through Galway on Culture Night, 19 September 2025. The focus was on the individuals remembered in statues and public spaces around the city centre. John talks about some of those remembered in Eyre Square, with a focus on the monument to Lord Dunkellin by the noted sculptor, John Henry Foley. Unveiled in 1873, it was torn down in the course of the Galway Soviet of 1922. John Cunningham is an historian who work...
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