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Walk Galway in 1580

AI rebuilds Galway (City of the Tribes) street by street, and you walk through it in your browser.

Historic Places, Rebuilt · City walk

The Tribes' Galway, 1580

Galway in 1580 is a tightly walled Atlantic merchant town, ruled by its oligarchy of merchant families and shaped by trade with Spain and France. The walk follows the harbour and quays where Iberian ships land wine and salt, moves through narrow cut‑stone streets past Lynch's Castle and St Nicholas', and reaches the thatched Claddagh fishing village at the Corrib mouth.

34 scenes — 22 streets, squares and views, 12 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Galway as it stood in 1580 (“History of Galway”).

The route, scene by scene

  1. 1. Galway Bay at the Corrib Mouth
  2. 2. The Twelve Mills
  3. ↳ Millstone Chamber · interior
  4. 3. West Gate
  5. ↳ Gatehouse Guardroom · interior
  6. 4. Merchants' Quay
  7. ↳ Vaulted Wine Cellar · interior
  8. 5. Spanish Arch
  9. 6. Quay Street
  10. 7. The Salt‑House
  11. ↳ Salt Store Vault · interior
  12. 8. Fish Market
  13. ↳ Covered Fish Shambles · interior
  14. 9. Spanish Merchant Slip
  15. ↳ Ship's Cargo Hold · interior
  16. 10. Lynch's Castle
  17. ↳ Carved Stone Hall · interior
  18. 11. Shop Street
  19. ↳ Draper's Counting Room · interior
  20. 12. High Street
  21. ↳ Guild Merchant Hall · interior
  22. 13. The Tholsel and Market Cross
  23. ↳ Tolbooth Council Chamber · interior
  24. 14. St Nicholas' Churchyard
  25. 15. St Nicholas' Collegiate
  26. ↳ Nave and Aisles · interior
  27. 16. St Augustine's Monastery
  28. ↳ Monastic Refectory · interior
  29. 17. Bridge Street
  30. 18. Claddagh Strand
  31. 19. The Claddagh Village
  32. 20. Corrib Mouth Crossing
  33. 21. South Bastion on the City Wall
  34. 22. Fort Hill Approach