GALWAY CATHEDRAL , GALWAY CITY (B/W)(Pencil Drawing) The Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and St Nicholas(Irish language: Ard Eaglais Mhaighdean na Deastgla agus Naomh Niocls), commonly known as Galway Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Galway, Ireland, and one of the largest and most impressive buildings in the city. Construction began in 1958 on the site of the old city prison. It was completed in 1965, making it the last great stone cathedral to be built in Europe.

As the various sections of the Great South Wall were built

called Carraig Aonair

the cathedral was the first major work of the Victorian architect William Burges

overlooking Galway Bay with bars

was abandoned in 1954 due to population decline and is best known for a number of Irish language writers who vividly described their way of life and who kept alive old Irish folk tales of the land

The R561 regional road passes through the area

the High Court and the Dublin Circuit Court

The hunting of foxes with packs of hounds

and later British

The Rock of Cashel (Irish: Carraig Phádraig)

and as such found the terrain and climatic conditions in the northwest of Ireland quite similar to back home

The sandy beach here runs along the full 5 kilometre length of the island