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In the year 1900, Patrick Holland had a travelling shop near Athenry. He later opened a shop there and is credited with having the first car in the town. In 1914 he met Dorinda Egan and it was love at first sight. They married and had five children Brendan, Michael, Maureen, Angela and John. They eventually moved to Galway in 1930, and tried to set up a business in Dominick St. but the bank would not give them the money. They eventually managed to buy the premises of Mary Leahy’s Newsagency in Williamsgate Street.

BEN O’GORMAN

WITH THE cinemas closed for what will hopefully be only three weeks, I have returned to streaming platforms which served us so well during the initial lockdown, and chosen four films on Netflix I believe are worth your time.

Lemonade Marinade release their second single during these uncertain times, in aid of the Irish mental health charity, Pieta.

Crea Biotech, a Galway based seaweed company, was established in 2016. The company extracts high value ingredients from Irish seaweed and has carried out three years of research and development on the health benefits of its supplements.

A demanding test awaits for Galway United at Tolka Park tomorrow evening, but Alan Murphy’s team will travel to the Drumcondra venue buoyed after an emphatic victory over Athlone Town last Friday.

SINGLE MOTHER Sarah has moved to an old farm house in the Wicklow mountains. Her son Chris is unhappy in his new school and misses his father. She does her best, but the isolation is clearly getting to her.

The Claremorris Drama and Fringe Festival got up and running for its 2018 season last night with a performance of John B Keane's, Big Maggie by the Corofin Drama Group from Clare.

Relay For Life is a 24 hour event that celebrates the lives of cancer survivors, remembers those lost to the disease, and fights back by raising money to fund vital research and services.