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Interesting Facts about our Campus Buildings GMIT, Cluain Mhuire Campus The Cluain Mhuire campus, otherwise known as the Centre for Creative Arts and Media (CCAM), is housed in a former Redemptorist Monastery, which has been home to the Department of Creative Arts and Media since 1998.
GMIT, Galway (Dublin Road) Campus The campus building is one of Galway City’s iconic landmarks due to the distinctive three sail-shaped copper panels at the front of the main building. This unique design also serves the practical purpose of housing the Library and IT Centre.
LYIT, Killybegs Campus The Killybegs Campus building has had an interesting history as an Industrial School, a TB Sanatorium and a Hotel, before becoming the Hotel Training and Catering College in 1969, making it our longest running educational campus across the region. In more recent years it has become home to a Seafood Innovation Centre and to a 27m Turbine Training Tower, the only GL approved training tower in Ireland.
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