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Sinn Fein will hold a series of commemorations in Galway city and county to this Sunday to mark the 94th anniversary of the 1916 Rising.

Galway is the next stop on the world tour squash calendar when this Easter weekend some of the world’s top squash players will be in action.

A family fun day will take place on Easter Sunday at Breaffy House Resort in the events arena from 2pm to 5pm.

Kilkenny Recreation and Sports Partnership in conjunction with Gowran Athletics Club are organising a series of walks and fun runs in Kilkenny Castle in April.

Kavanagh Travel is offering an Easter tour to the Battlefield of WW1 from April 21 to 26. Kavanagh Travel will collect travellers from the Kilkenny area and also along the route to Dublin where they will take the ferry from Dublin Port to Holyhead. From there the journey will continue across Pennines to Hull and board the overnight cruise ferry to Zeebrugge.

The Galway Rowing Club, which for more than a century has nurtured the potential of numerous young and gifted rowers, winning 28 Irish titles, is calling on all ex-members and other members of the public to give their support by taking part in its bumper Easter Sunday raffle next month.

The Galway Rowing Club, which for more than a century has nurtured the potential of numerous young and gifted rowers, winning 28 Irish titles, is calling on all ex-members and other members of the public to give their support by taking part in its bumper Easter Sunday raffle next month.

Dear Editor,

In 1947 the Railway Cup crossed the Shannon for the first time. The team were all from Galway. They had beaten Leinster in the semi-final by a score of 2 – 6 to 2 – 5. The man of the match in that game was Paddy Gantley. He gave another memorable display on Easter Sunday when he lined out against Munster in the final. His name used to appear on match programmes as ‘P. Gardiner’ because he was a priest, and not supposed to play hurling.

Last Easter Sunday, I was privileged to attend a dawn Mass, near Cong, on the Lough Corrib shore. About 300 people stood close to a blazing fire, as daybreak slowly lifted the darkness revealing the wide expanse of water, its wooded islands, and in the distance, the mountains of the Maam valley. It was perfectly silent and peaceful. Fr Ray Flaherty welcomed us with these opening words: ‘It was here many saints like Meldon, Fursey, Brendan and Feichin made their homes of peace and prayer. There are many sanctuaries scattered today in ruins along the shores of this lake, silent ruins where the soft tones of bells and the church’s solemn chant floated over the waves...’