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The Currach Races … An Tóstal … Rásaí na gCurrachaí … 60,000 people plus in Salthill … lines of people four and five deep along the Prom … Every vantage point taken … specially designed currachs everywhere, up on trailers, sitting on grass verges, at the water’s edge … Always a crowd of people inspecting them … The currachs on the sea like tiny insects, indistinguishable in the mist and drizzle … Mountainy men and island men … báinín … Bréidín … beautiful handknit Aran croiseanna … Caps … caps … thousands of caps … women in many different styles of shawl … some red petticoats … stalls everywhere selling minerals, sweets, fruit … many stages erected along the Prom hosting sean nós singers, dancers, traditional musicians … The atmosphere of a massive aeríocht … Programmes written in the old Irish script … strange accents from Donegal … Three-card trick men … canoe races between the currach races … Trawlers marking the race route … Kerry accents … canúint Chonamara … A cluster of bookies at Blackrock … Bottles of stout and lemonade … Gaelinn spoken in lilting Cork accents … Gaeilge spoken by Aran Islanders who had come in on the Dún Aengus … A marquee for food at Blackrock … another for visiting crews … The Joyces of Inis Bearacháin … Bands playing at the Ladies Beach and at Blackrock … Currach men from Mayo, Sligo, and Clare … Commentary on the races blaring from speakers all over Salthill … A festival dance in the Hangar. This was the All-Ireland Currach Racing Championship which was first held in 1953 in the Claddagh and thereafter for several years in Salthill. The Prom provided the ideal viewing stand, the oarsmen provided the excitement, and the crowds provided the atmosphere.

New to the market with Mullery auctioneers is Stanhope Cottage on Rockbarton Road in Salthill. The sale represents a rare opportunity to acquire a detached residence boasting a most desirable and enviable location in Salthill.

As we roll into the June Bank Holiday Weekend, we can almost taste the summer, those long bright evenings spent with friends and family, the hustle and bustle of Galway city streets, a drink sitting outside Taaffes as we watch the world go by or the luxury of a 99 from the Bon Bon while sitting on the Prom in Salthill.

O'Donnellan & Joyce auctioneers is offering to market for sale an excellent semidetached residence in one of the most sought after areas of Galway city.

This excellent semidetached family home is in one of the most sought after developments in Salthill and Galway. No 129 Dun na Carraige is a well fitted and cared for home occupying a prominent corner position with a private mature rear garden. Dun na Carraige was developed by O’Malley Construction circa 1999/2000. It comprises a mix of detached, semidetached, and terraced houses and apartment buildings. Its location in Salthill within a few hundred metres of Blackrock diving tower and the Promenade makes it a highly sought after development.

O'Donnellan & Joyce auctioneers is offering to the market for sale this unique period-style detached residence on a substantial site in the heart of Salthill village.

Blackrock diving tower could be in line for major renovation and enhancement works as City Hall is assessing submissions from consultants who are prepared to undertake the proposed works.

The ladies and children’s bathing pools in Salthill were blessed by Canon Davis in 1930. These were two linked tidal pools which filled up when the tide came in and emptied when the tide went out. The floors were of sand so they were a perfect playground for children even when they had dried out. Thousands of children and adults learned how to swim there with Jimmy Cranny of Galway Swimming Club and Christy Dooley of Blackrock Swimming Club teaching organised groups on alternate evenings throughout the summer.

O’Donnellan & Joyce auctioneers remains fully operational across all aspects of the business, albeit remotely. The company's office is currently closed to the public - but its digital property marketplace is fully open and agents are ready and waiting to assist you during this time of uncertainty.

Galway RNLI Lifeboat rescued a swimmer who got into difficulty off Blackrock beach in Salthill this afternoon, Saturday.