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The first member of the Hartmann family to arrive in Galway was Alphons. His older brother Joseph was already established in business in Limerick. Joseph went back to Triburg in the Black Forest in Germany in 1895 to get married, and when he and his bride were about to return to Ireland, his father asked him if he would take Alphons with him.

In the latest climbdown by the Government on its deeply unpopular water tax, charges are now set to be capped at €160 a year for families while a single adult household will pay an effective €60 rate.

AROUND THIS time of year we get our first look at the Oscar contenders. While the heavy hitters tend to emerge at the end of December and January, sometimes more genre based releases, like Gravity last year, are released a few weeks early.

Corofin are 1/12 to win next Sunday's county final at Tuam Stadium (4pm), with St Michael's available at 8/1, and Mulholland's is offering the city side an 11 point (+11) handicap at 10/11, supporting the view of most pundits that Corofin will reign supreme.

MARC ROBERTS has won huge acclaim over the years for his Tribute to the Music of John Denver show, and he is bringing it back to the Town Hall Theatre.

Wicklow born singer Hozier has announced a string of Irish dates this week, including a Mayo performance.

David Baddiel has been one of the major names in British comedy over the past near quarter of a century, even if, for most of that time he has been a writer rather than a stand-up, but his new show Fame, Not The Musical, is finally bring him face-to-face with audiences again.

Local kickboxer Brendan Kenny (18) from Monivea secured an historic silver medal at the Junior World Kickboxing Championships in Italy.

On January 30, 1984 it is said that the whole of Dublin grieved the early death of Dubliner legend Luke Kelly, whose music is widely regarded as one of Ireland’s cultural treasures.

THE BLACK Box Theatre will boom with all kinds of dark and surprising sounds that will make for an awe-inspiring musical experience when Trickster is performed there next weekend.