"LETS BUILD A SANDCASTLE" SALTHILL CO GALWAY.

"LETS BUILD A SANDCASTLE" SALTHILL CO GALWAY.Salthill is a seaside area in the City of Galway in the west of Ireland. Lying within the townland of Lenaboy (an Lana Bu), it attracts many tourists all year round. There is a 2 km long promenade, locally known as the Prom, overlooking Galway Bay with bars, restaurants and hotels. The 1970s saw the introduction of a number of casinos and more leisure centres. Salthill was a centre point for the 200809 Volvo Ocean Race, as well as the Round Ireland

sittingroom and lovely manicured grounds

the north and western Gaeltacht (Irish - speaking areas)

which starts 35-kilometres away in Drimolea

along with Lagg sand dunes

(Acrylic Painting)Owenahincha is an extensive sandy beach which for much of its length is backed by dunes

are widespread and a common resident breeder throughout temperate and subarctic Europe and the western Palearctic  in deciduous or mixed woodlands with a high proportion of oak

Nearby towns and villages are Tuosist

variegated with black

this helped farmers get up early to care for the animals and tend to the crops

Galway fort was captured by Richard Mor de Burgh

where it eventually joins the Owenmore River

or Droichead na Life)