Clifden
Clifden (Year Clochán in Gaelic) is a city of the west coast of the Ireland, in the Comté of Galway. It is located on the river banks Owenglin which are thrown in bay of Clifden. The city is connected to that of Galway by the N59 road. Clifden is a tourist destination impossible to circumvent for all those which want to visit the Connemara, of which she is regarded as the capital. In 2006 it comprises around 1144 inhabitants.
History
The city was founded by John d' Arcy at the beginning of the 19th century. The city took importance at the beginning of the 20th century when Guglielmo Marconi installed there its principal station of telegraph without wire. In 1908, Jack Philips, the radio operator operator of Titanic rejoigna the station and worked there more than 3 years.Clifden is close to the place of landing of the first transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown the June 15th 1919. The plane landed in the peat bog of Derrygimlagh, near the station of Marconi.
Clifden is also the place of the 1st radio transmission transatlantic commercial.
See too
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