Lost at Sea - Galway Ireland
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member teeoff2
N 53° 16.221 W 009° 03.294
29U E 496338 N 5902346
A stark Lost at Sea Memorial near Galway Bay, Ireland
Waymark Code: WM5W3D
Location: Ireland
Date Posted: 02/18/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member GA Cacher
Views: 14

The inscription reads:
In Memory of Mariners lost at Sea

The plaque on the reverse reads:
To the memory of Captain W.J. Woolley who taught the science of Navigation and the craft of seamanship to those who go down to the sea in ships.
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Galway Bay (Irish: Loch Lurgan or Cuan na Gaillimhe) is a large bay / sea loch on the west coast of Ireland, between County Galway in the province of Connacht to the north and the Burren in County Clare in the province of Munster to the south. Galway city is located on the northeast side of the bay. It is about 50 kilometres (30 miles) long and from 10 to 30 kilometres (7 to 20 miles) in breadth. The Oileáin Árann / Aran Islands are to the west across the entrance and there are numerous small islands within the bay. The approaches to the bay between the Aran Islands and the mainland are as follows; the North Sound / An Súnda ó Thuaidh lies between Inishmore and Leitir Mealláin in Connemara, it was formerly known as Bealach Locha Lurgan in Irish. Gregory's Sound / Súnda Ghríoghóra lies between Inishmore and Inishmaan, it was formerly known as Bealach na h-Áite. Foul Sound / An Súnda Salach lies between Inishmaan and Inisheer, it was formerly known as Bealach na Fearbhaighe. South Sound / An Súnda ó Theas formerly known as Bealach na Finnise lies between Inisheer and County Clare.
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