DYKE ROAD APRIL 2026
xplore the dramatic transformation of Galway's historic Dyke Road. From its origins as a Great Famine relief project to the current Corrib Causeway redevelopment, we look at why the landscape has changed from a wild thicket to a modern construction site in April 2026.
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