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 passed away 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