Peadar O'Dowd

Peadar O'Dowd was a local historian from the Bóthar Mór (Bohermore) district of Galway city and was a member of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society. He was an alumnus of University College, Galway. He died on the 3rd of January, 2024.

Select bibliography

 * Old and new Galway, Galway, 1985.
 * Vanishing Galway, Galway, 1987.
 * Down by the Claddagh, Galway, 1993.
 * The Great Famine and the West, Galway, 2000.
 * In from the West, the McDonogh Dynasty, 2002.
 * Galway in Old Photographs, Gill & Macmillan, 2003. ISBN 978-0-7171-3483-0
 * A history of County Galway, Gill & Macmillan, 2004. ISBN 0-7171-3687-6
 * Christmas Tales of Galway, 2006.
 * Final Tales of Galway, 2009.
 * Tracing your Galway Ancestors, Flyleaf Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0-9563624-2-1