Further Reading
James Hardiman's History of Galway is considered to the definitive history of Galway city and county from the earliest of times until the early 19th century.
The book is now out of copyright and is available online.
A more recent book by John Cunningham, dealing with Galway's 19th-century history was published during 2004. It is entitled 'A town tormented by the sea: GALWAY, 1790-1914', and several excerpts from it are available online.
See J.G Simms's War and Politics in Ireland 1649-1731 for details of 18th century Galway.
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