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Galway (/ ˈ ɡ ɔː l w eɪ / GAWL-way; Irish: Gaillimh, pronounced [ˈɡal̠ʲɪvʲ]) is a city in (and the county town of) County Galway.It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay.
The Latin Quarter is home to many academic institutions, including Sorbonne University and the Panthéon-Sorbonne University in the Sorbonne historical building. It is also home to the largest university libraries in Paris, such as the Sainte-Geneviève Library, the Sorbonne Library, the Sainte-Barbe Library, the Assas Law Library and the Cujas Law Library.
As part of the Latin Quarter, the 5th arrondissement is known for its high concentration of educational and research establishments. Collège de France; Collège international de philosophie; École Polytechnique (historical campus; the school has now been relocated) PSL University. École Normale Supérieure; ENSCP - Chimie Paris; ESPCI Paris
Over the centuries St. Nicholas's has played a central role in the life of the city. For many years the triennial elections of the mayor and corporation (city council) were held within its walls. Only male members of fourteen select Galway families, known as the Tribes of Galway, had suffrage. [citation needed]
Herman Moll's map of Galway in the early 18th century, highlighting its English port and fortifications. After the 17th century wars, Galway, as a Catholic port city, was treated with great suspicion by the authorities. Legislation of 1704 (the Popery Act) stated that no new Catholics apart from seamen and day labourers could move there.
The case of the Craughwell Prisoners during the Land War in Co. Galway, 1879–85, Pat Finnegan, 2012; Loughrea, that den of infamy: The Land War in County Galway, 1879–82, Pat Finnegan, 2014. East Galway agrarian agitation and the burning of Ballydugan House, 1922, Anne O'Riordan, 2015. Rebellion in Galway – Easter Rising 1916 Kevin Jordan ...