THE WEST MUST WAIT: COUNTY GALWAY AND THE IRISH FREE STATE, 1922–32

Reviewed by Conor McNamara The 1916 Scholar in Residence at NUI Galway. Galway is a peculiar place—both an urban and a rural county, a congested district and a Gaeltacht region, idealised (and frequently misunderstood) by generations of artists. Accounts of the west frequently fail to engage with the harsh realities of life—or, worse still, romanticise ... Read more

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