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are pleased to announce that work on headford.com will now be taken
over by Galway's Leading Web Solution company egalway.com. The group
will now be looking after design of the site as well as ensuring
that it gets the marketing that it deserved.
Headford.com is attracting alot of visitors to the site each week
and for the month of May recorded over 5000 hits and over 100 email
query's. With the site attracting this number of visitors, egalway.com
see this as a good opportunity to promote the site and the content
within the website.
The site will remain focused on delivering news and information
about the town, but wil concentrate on getting the people of headford
to up load information to the site.
Please contact info@egalway.com if you are wish to help promote
this site.
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The town of Headford is located about 20 miles
north of Galway on the road to Ballinrobe (Co Mayo) about two miles
east of Lough Corrib and is one of the most popular angling centres
in this part of Galway. Headford is only a mile from the County
Mayo border and part of this boundary is the Black River, another
popular fishing spot in the locality. Lough Corrib has a pier in
Greenfields about 4 miles west of the town, an ideal place to moor
fishing boats.
Headford is also the centre of an area rich in
archaeological monuments. This area has prehistoric burial cairns
and Iron Age stone enclosures. For those interested in castles and
fortified buildings from the 11th and 12th century one can find
early Norman castles and some of a later date.
Carraigin Castle was built in the 13th century and has stood on
the shores of Lough Corrib as a memorial to the Gaynard family who
first built it. It changed hands in the 17th century and became
the property of the Staunton family, until 1946. It fell into ruin
at this time but was bought and restored and is now a lovely example
of a medieval hall house. |
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Castle
Hackett was a 13th century tower house located close to Knockma
along the east side of Lough Corrib. A Norman family called Hacketts
who settled in the area built it. This part of the county was part
of the O'Flaherty's lands but after the Norman invasion they were
forced to move across the lake to their other territories in the
Connemara. In the 15th century the Kirwan family, one of Galway's
12 tribes, took up residence in the house. Lisdonagh House was built
in 1727 by the O'Flahertys. |
| Visitors
to this site will include both tourists and locals as there is information
for everyone here on Headford Town Galway. Local news includes baptisms,
the local Church newsletter and information on the Headford family
name. Other visitors will appreciate the location map and fishing
information. Other Headfords investigates other places and products
of the same name. Local services are included.
Navigation is easy despite the wide range of content here. This
is an innovative site, which caters for a dual audience simultaneously.
It is a useful resource |
