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galway Name Meaning and History

Irish: probably a variant of Scottish Galloway, rather than a habitational name from the place of this name in southern Connacht. During the Middle Ages Galways were wealthy merchants on the south coast of Ireland, but now the name is largely confined to Ulster.

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Distribution of galway Families in the US in 1920
Number of galway families
 17-31
 6-16		 1-5
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