Episode 167 Galway Tour Guide, Artist and Writer Jim Ward chats with Fender Jackson on Wed 14th May 2025.

Conversation includes: introductions; Galway Trails; early life; an overview of Galway in Jim’s lifetime; Dick Byrne, Tom Kenny and The Old Galway Diary podcast; Ciaran & Gerry Smith; Galway Bay Hotel; studying Engineering in UCG; ATU; Jim’s play ‘Just Guff’; starting off as a tour guide and Brian Nolan; Jim’s different tours including Irish language tours; Galway’s attraction as a tourist destination; Galway’s history of Trading with Spain and Portugal; Galway and music/culture; Galway International Arts Festival; Michael D. Higgins; Walter Macken; JFK’s visit to Galway; Galway Cathedral; Galway and Irish language; St. Nicholas Collegiate Church; the walled city; the nonacentennial anniversary; the Tribes of Galway; Battle of Knockdoe; Battle of Aughrim; Galway as a city of superlatives; Jim’s favourite place in Galway; Bertie The Heron; Galway traffic; Jim’s writings and artwork; Jim’s books ‘No Ordinary Bread’ and ‘Rednecks of Suburbia’; Jim’s memoire; Ireland’s neutrality; Jim’s views on Irish reunification; Wolfe Tone the protestant and other topics.

Relevant Links

www.galwaytrails.ie

Additional Links

charliebyrne.ie/product/no-ordinary-bread/

https://www.idonate.ie/crowdfunder/JimWardPlay

www.instagram.com/jimwardbard/

www.facebook.com/jim.ward.salthill

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