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Frank Fahy is a native of Menlo, on the outskirts of Galway City. He is a fluent Irish speaker. Frank has been a widower since 2021 and he has three grown-up children.

Cllr Frank Fahy’s proposal for the restoration of Menlo Castle has been met with resounding success as Galway City Council announces the receipt of €85,000 in heritage funding for this historic project.

Emergency services responded to four separate riverside incidents in Galway’s busy city centre last weekend.

Chestnut Lane is a rare jewel offering country living within the bounds of Galway city and only 2.5 kilometres from the city centre. This tree-lined country lane is home to some of the city’s finest residential properties. It is bound to the north by the River Corrib and to the east by the grounds and playing pitches of the University of Galway, which are a huge amenity to the area for walking, recreation, and sporting activities.

Chestnut Lane is a rare jewel offering country living within the bounds of Galway city and only 2.5 kilometres from the city centre. This tree-lined country lane is home to some of the city’s finest residential properties. It is bound to the north by the River Corrib and to the east by the grounds and playing pitches of the University of Galway, which are a huge amenity to the area for walking, recreation, and sporting activities.

Nine historic sites in Galway city and county are to benefit from close to €450,000 in grants under the 2022 Community Monuments Fund, it was announced this week.

Heskin auctioneers presents this four bedroom, two bathroom, bungalow in Menlo to the market. This property offers the best of both worlds, quiet countryside living located just a stone's throw from the hustle and bustle of the city centre. Enjoy the surrounds of Menlo Castle and Menlo Pier which are on the doorstep.

John Henry Bailey was a well known business man in Galway at the close of the 19th century. He was a rate collector and an auctioneer but was better known for his selling and repairing Morris cars from his garage on the east side of Eyre Square, on a site now remembered as the former Odeon Hotel. He also had the distinction of being the first man in Galway to ride a bicycle.

After a tremendous race last year, despite challenging conditions both on and off the water, another hugely competitive fleet has been assembled for this year’s Cong to Galway sailing race. The historic race from Lisloughrey in the shadow of Ashford Castle to the heart of Galway City has been attracting the cream of sailing talent in the West since 1882. This year’s iteration of the unique and historic event - the oldest and longest inland sailing race in Europe - will take place on Saturday, June 26.

DNG Maxwell Heaslip and Leonard has recently been favoured with the executor sale of one of the most impressive detached properties to come to the Galway market in recent years. Located on Chestnut Lane, one of the city’s’ most desirable addresses, this magnificent property is being offered for sale by private treaty and is sure to catch the attention of all those who have even the slightest interest in modern Irish architecture and design. Built in 1974, this single storey residence was designed by renowned architects Scott Tallon Walker, which has a reputation for modernism, and is responsible for a multitude of important civic and private buildings throughout Ireland.