Bohermore () is an area of

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. It got this name as it was the main road into Galway City from the east in medieval times. There is a large cemetery located in Bohermore known as the "New Cemetery", which contains two mortuary chapels, one

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and the other

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. People buried there include the Irish-language writer and journalist

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(1882-1928),

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(

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) (1906-1946), an Irish-American who broadcast

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propaganda from

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during

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, and

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(1852-1932), a founding member of the

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movement, who hosted a literary and artistic salon in her house at

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, in rural south Galway.

Notable people

* Pat O'Shea, author

References

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