Located in the province of Munster in Ireland, County Clare<\/b> borders the Atlantic Ocean. The 7th largest of the 32 counties, County Clare<\/b>, is surrounded by Munster, County Limerick, County Tipperary, and County Galway. It is nicknamed “Banner County.” <\/span>The oldest known evidence of human activity can be found in County Clare<\/span>, dating back to 10,500 BC in the Paleolithic era. Being one of the wealthiest places in Ireland for tombs, it is no wonder it draws many tourists annually.<\/span><\/span><\/span>","Connaught is the westernmost province of Ireland. In the modern era, the spelling changed to Connacht. This province has a population of approximately 424,000 today, and contains the counties of Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon,","Ireland<\/strong> was first settled around 6000 BC by a race of Middle Stone Age hunter-gatherers who lived there. They tended to hunt such creatures as the megaceros, a giant variety of deer so large that their antlers spanned ten feet. ","County Galway (Galway, <\/b>Contae na Gaillimhe<\/b>)<\/b><\/span><\/span>
Located in the west of Ireland, in the province of Connacht, is County Galway<\/b>. The first inhabitants in the Galway <\/span>area arrived over 7,000 years ago, indicating the existence of people as early as 5000 BC. Originally comprised of several kingdoms, including Aidhne, Uí Maine, Maigh Seóla, Conmhaícne Mara, Soghain, and Máenmaige. County Galway <\/span>contains several inhabited islands, such as Aran Islands (Irish: Oileáin Árann) and Inishbofin (Inis Bó Fine). Nearly 20% of the population of County Galway live in the Gaeltacht, Irish-speaking districts.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>","Grattan and the Irish Volunteer army obtained an independent parliament in 1782. Continued Irish unrest and Wolfe Tone's rebellion in 1798 led to the Act of Union in 1800 and Irish representation in British Parliament. Daniel O'Connell's agitation resulted in the granting of Catholic Emancipation in 1829. The Irish Potato Famine of the 1840s decimated the population and caused mass emigration. ",null],"lnksHoverSummaryImgURL":[null,"\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/books.webp?pos=floatRight","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/clare_ireland.webp?pos=floatRight","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/connacht_province.webp?pos=floatRight","","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/county_galway.webp?pos=floatRight","",null],"mode":"f","s":"Drenynd","sU":"DRENNAN","oC":"IR","o":"Irish","o2":null,"cOk":true,"c":"\/dpreview\/DRENNAN\/IR\/Drenynd\/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","c2":"\/dpreview\/ANDERSON\/SC\/Anderson\/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","v":"1","sections":["","SettlersUS","SettlersCA","SettlersAU","SettlersNZ","SettlersZA","SettlersWI","Settlers","ContemporaryNotable","ContemporaryNotables","HistoricEvents","RelatedStories","Motto","SuggestedReading","Citations",""]}
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