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Lynch's Castle

Fodor's Review:

Now a branch of the Allied Irish Banks, this is the finest remaining example in Galway of a 16th-century fortified house – fortified because neighboring Irish tribes persistently raided the village, whose commercial life excluded them. The decorative details on its stone lintels are of a type usually found only in southern Spain. Like the Spanish Arch, it serves as a reminder of the close trading links that once existed between Galway and Spain.

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