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Reclaimed land in Galway City

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  • 27-09-2011 5:37pm
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    dubhda
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    Hello,

    Somebody told me the other day that all the land from Sea Road near Dominick St down to the coast around Nimmo's pier is reclaimed from the Sea. Does anyone know if there is any thruth to that statement? If so, any idea when? Cheers.


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    biko
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    South Park is reclaimed I think?

    It was yeah "An area of approximately 8 hectares of formerly swampy marshland between the residential area and the seafront was reclaimed in 1931 to form the South Park"

    Actually "Much of the land Galway city is built on is reclaimed from the sea, the last large-scale reclamation took place in the 1800's. Prior to this the tide came right up to where the Hotel Meyrick is today. This process has served the city well over centuries and we hope it will continue to do so in the 21st century."


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    Sponge Bob
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    The industrial area east of the docks is part reclaimed i think.

    Toggle between this "Historic 6 Inch" map below ( c 1845) and "Street Map", it is all there.

    http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,528861,724329,7,7


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    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    That map is interesting..

    Presentation secondary school was Rahoon school, there is an infants burial ground on the golf course, the infamous cholera hospital, the tram from forster street through shop street & sea road to salthill, two reservoirs adjacent to the railway line on bohermore, County Hall was a hospital, City Hall was Erasmus Smith's college, Scoil fhursa was an orphanage and mission school, there was a bag factory, a brush factory and a coach factory, St Brendans Avenue was called Sickeen Lane, the now hospital was a workhouse..

    Not much has changed..


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    mikemac
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    Merlin Park was for TB

    It's why all the buildings are spread out and there is such open space

    These days it looks like Chernobyl


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