Galway Bay

Galway Bay is famous for its unique traditional sailing craft, the Galway Hooker. The Hookers were probably at their greatest presence in the Bay in the years preceding the Great Famine. Galway Bay is well-known worldwide for its Deep Sea fishing, Sailing as well as the daily boat trips to the nearby Aran Islands.

The life of Arthur Colahan, the composer of "Galway Bay," is the strange story of a quiet Irish doctor buried in an unmarked grave. The story of Arthur Colahan, the Irishman who wrote "Galway Bay," is just as moving as the song itself.

Book details In a rousing tale that echoes the myths and legends of Ireland herself, young Honora Keeley and Michael Kelly wed and start a family, inhabiting a hidden Ireland where fishermen and tenant farmers find solace in their ancient faith, songs, stories, and communal celebrations.