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ACCORDING TO the history books we had in school in the early sixties, The Battle of Clontarf was described in terms of a religious victory in which the great Catholic Irish hero Brian Boru annihilated the pagan Vikings and threw them out of Ireland.

After a weekend of mixed fortunes, Moycullen basketballers now head to Dublin to face Killester in SuperLeague action in Clontarf on Saturday.

Having got him there, Clifden was not going to let Daniel O’Connell go easily. The meeting, on the edge of the town had been an unparalleled success, and the excitement prevailed. The organisers had constructed a huge pavilion ‘on the highest point of the town’, covered with canvass. It must have been of considerable size as 300 men sat at long tables, while 200 ladies sat in the adjoining galleries. At 8pm that Sunday evening, September 17 1843, O’Connell and other guests entered the pavilion with one of the Galway Temperance bands preceding him with lively tunes. His arrival was greeted with the ‘ most deafening cheers’, while the ladies waved scarves and handkerchiefs.

Galway tennis players were among the title winners at the annual City of Galway Open Championships which took place at Galway Lawn Tennis Club.

A Castlebar businessman is seeking to raise funds in aid of Temple Street Children's Hospital by riding a motorbike through the famous coast-to-coast Route 66 in America.

Another crunch match looms for Galwegians when they host UL Bohemians at Crowley Park (2.30pm) in the final game of their season.

All Ireland League action resumes this weekend with two home fixtures for Galway city clubs. Galwegians host Dungannon in division 1b at Saturday (2.30pm) hoping to make advantage count against the Ulster outfit.

A Castlebar businessman is seeking to raise funds in aid of Temple Street Children's Hospital by riding a motorbike through the famous coast-to-coast Route 66 in America.

The Mayo relatives of kidnapped GOAL worker Sharon Commins from Clontarf in Dublin have received a sliver of hope with reports that Irish officials have contacted her. News reports yesterday (Thursday) said there was a chance that Ms Commins and her Ugandan colleague Hilda Kawuki, who were abducted by armed men last Friday, could be released shortly.