The Latin Quarter
Lively medieval lanes of pubs, buskers and shops, hiding a buried thirteenth-century town hall.
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This guide to the Latin Quarter in Galway goes underground, to a thirteenth-century hall on Druid Lane where the medieval town collected taxes, held court and threw banquets. It follows the archaeologists who dug there in nineteen ninety-seven ahead of a planned office extension, and the rough stone and limestone columns they uncovered. Best heard on High Street, before walking down to the glass-covered ruin off Quay Street.
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