Just kidding, no races for us in Galway, just a lot of people watching and walking around. We were up pretty early because we're sharing a room with a couple of drunk old people who don't understand simple common courtesy or what it means to be quiet. But besides the drunken gutteral snoring Galway has been pretty fun. And very pretty. We decided to take a guided tour of the city (mostly because it was free) and found ourselves to be the only people on it. But that was okay because then we could talk to our guide and ask him a bunch of questions. He was really nice too. He told us that there were originally fourteen tribes in Galway and the people would nominate one of then men from the tribes to be mayor of the city and there was a man who was called James Lynch who was mayor, and his son Walter killed a wealthy Spaniard's son because the Spanish boy was getting too friendly with Walter's fiancé. James had to uphold the law even though nobody in the town wanted him to do anything so he decided that his son must hang for his offense and tried to take him to the gallows but a bunch of protesters blocked them from getting there. So James took his son to his own house and the legend goes that he tied a noose around Walter's neck and hanged him out of their own house's window. Pretty harsh, but they still have the wall and window where Walter was hanged right next to their market.
We checked out a couple churches on our tour and our tour guide told us that before Oliver Cromwell invaded Galway they had fourteen churches in their city. After the invasion only one was left and that one was spared because it was used as a stable for his horses. We also found a plaque for a Robert O'Hara on the wall of the church, but we're not sure if he's related to us or not.
It rained pretty heavily during the tour but after that the sun came out and me and Katie decided to walk the Salthill Promenade on the other side of the Corrib River. The ocean was really pretty and it was a nice walk but the wind never stopped blowing once and I actually burnt my face. I guess I must be Irish if I'm burning this easily.
