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Writers across Ireland invited to apply for the 2024 John Broderick Residency

Writers across Ireland are invited to apply for the 2024 John Broderick Residency.

Lane closures confirmed by local authority as street enhancement works progress

Westmeath County Council has confirmed details of lane closures which will remain in effect within Athlone town centre over the duration of a four-week period.

Embrace a wedding occasion to remember at the family run Shamrock Lodge Hotel

It’s your wedding day, the most important day of your life, and the team at the Shamrock Lodge Hotel know how to make you and your guests feel truly welcome and very special.

Wild nights of burning and murder

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Clifden was not the only town to experience the terror of British forces running wild, shooting, and setting fire to buildings. The previous year, July 19 1920, Tuam suffered a similar experience as Clifden, only mercifully no resident was killed on that occasion.

‘An unbroken history of more than one hundred years’

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In 1831 Patrick Broderick, from Loughrea, was charged with insurrectionary crimes at the Galway Assizes, and cruelly sentenced to spend the rest of his life in a criminal colony ‘beyond the seas’ in New South Wales, Australia. He was barred from ever returning to his native land. His wife Mary, son John and daughters Ann and Catherine, were left destitute on the infamous Clanricarde estate, one with more than 2,000 tenants.

Hidden Hearing Athlone warns of winter season hearing hazards

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‘Tis the season to think about hearing health, Hidden Hearing advised this week, at the launch of their Gift of Hearing Christmas campaign.

Athlone Castle hails annual Cruinniú na nÓg event a resounding success

The Athlone Castle team have expressed much delight with the response to the programme of activities for Cruinniú na nÓg.

Athlone Castle Visitor Centre to host children’s creative writing series

Athlone Castle Visitor Centre will host a children’s creative writing series of events as part of this year’s national Cruinniú na nÓg activities.

100 years since Galway’s 'Night Of Terror'

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THIS WEEK marks the centenary of one of the darkest episodes in the history of Galway as violence erupted on its streets resulting in a “night of terror” that left three young men dead.

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