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Extract from the Ballinasloe Travel Guides:
Galway's eastern boundary is one of water: Lough Derg, the Shannon and the River Suck. The tourist-geared villages are again catering mainly for the fishing fraternity, but there is enough of historic interest to warrant leisurely exploration.
BALLINASLOE
is the main town in east Galway. Important as a crossing point of the River Suck since 1124 when Turlough O'Conor, King of Connacht, built a castle here - the remains that can be seen today date mainly from the fourteenth century. You're only really likely to be here if you've come for the famous
horse fair
, which starts on the first weekend in October and lasts fo...
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