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History enthusiasts and community group representatives from across County Galway have participated in a whistlestop bus tour of some of East Galway’s most intriguing built heritage sites.

Galway County Council has picked up one of the main accolades at the Public Sector Digital Transformation Awards 2023 for its innovative digital project that mapped over 40,000 graveyard memorial records across County Galway and made them publicly available online.

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.

Westmeath County Council, in conjunction with the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage are inviting applications for the Community Monuments Fund 2022.

A programme of conservation works has been completed on the Athlone Town Wall, the local authority confirmed this week.

Groundworks for the construction of a flood defence wall on The Strand, Athlone are being archaeologically monitored by archaeologists from County Clare based consultancy TVAS (Ireland) Ltd as part of the Athlone Flood Alleviation Scheme undertaken by the OPW in conjunction with Westmeath County Council.

Funded by The Heritage Council through the Irish Walled Towns Network, essential conservation works have been completed on Athlone Town Wall at Court Devenish/Railway View.

For anyone walking along the canal in recent weeks, a hive of activity is most noticeable with the clearance of heavy scrub and vegetation.

Two Winning Streak players from Co. Galway shared a total of €48,000 in prize money when they appeared on the National Lottery TV game show at the weekend.

A new site of archaeological importance was discovered at An Liopa Thoir, east of An Spidéal when a local man was out walking after the recent Storm Brendan.