- Salthill
Salthill (Irish: "Bóthar na Trá" - literally, "Beach Road") is a seaside suburb of Galway city in the province of
Connacht inGalway City . This Galway suburb attracts many tourists all year-round. There is a 2km long promenade, locally known as "the Prom", overlookingGalway Bay with bars, restaurants and hotels. Salthill is Galway's largest and oldest suburb.Events
Salthill was, until 2007, home to one of the biggest free air shows in Europe, the [http://www.salthillairshow.com/ Salthill Air Show] , which took place in June over Galway Bay. The show annually attracted over 100,000 people and generated over €1 million in revenue. [RTÉ News,
2007-07-04 , [http://www.rte.ie/news/2004/0704/airshow.html Huge crowds at Galway air show.] ]In 2007 an RAF helicopter door came loose and fell about 40 feet from the air, striking some of the audience. This incident caused insurance difficulties for the Salthill Air Show committee.
Due to these increased costs and also an ongoing protest by a group of Anti-War activists (The Galway Alliance Against War (GAAW)) a lack of funding caused the Air Show to be cancelled in November 2007. The anti-air show protest was satirised by poet Kevin Higgins [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Higgins,_poet_(1967-] in the poem 'The Annual Airshow Protest' [http://www.nthposition.com/stageleftbookshop.php] , which features in his 2008 book, "Time Gentlemen, Please" [http://www.salmonpoetry.com/timegentlemen.html]
port
*Salthill-Knocknacarra GAA is the local
Gaelic Athletic Association club.Transport
*Salthill railway station opened on
1 October 1879 and closed for passenger traffic in January 1918. [cite web | title=Salthill station | work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=2007-11-24|format=PDF]References
External links
* [http://www.irelandwest.ie/content.asp?id=107 Salthill at Ireland West]
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