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Alexander Nimmo made a survey of Lough Corrib almost 200 years ago in which he wrote the following: “The lake has 50 miles of shore, occupies 30,000 Irish acres and contains 1,000 acres of arable land in its isles, and contracts into a very spacious river about two and a half miles above Galway, which, flowing by the town, communicates with the Atlantic. The fall from the summit of the lake to the sea is considerable, but to the Wood Quay, above the town, it is trifling, and the river is in parts very shallow, running over a bed of rocks and hard gravel. It is not navigable from the sea to the Wood Quay owing to its shallowness and the rapidity of the water, and none but small boats can come down; but unless in very dry seasons, it is thence navigable by boats drawing four feet of water and carrying from ten to twenty tons, with one square sail and four men, to Cong. They seldom sail, unless before the wind, and though the lake has many islets and sunken rocks, the only serious difficulty in navigation is at Buachally Shoal about four miles up the lake, and at Newcastle. These shoals could be deepened for a small sum and the whole made to admit vessels of much greater magnitude. The fine navigation which extends about 30 miles, and into a seaport town, seems to deserve more attention than it has yet received. A good chart with soundings and sailing instructions should be published, the shoals or rocks cleared or beaconed, and a communication opened with the sea.”

No 25A Greenfields Road is a large four bed newly built architecturally designed detached family home. Finished to a very high standard, this home benefits from having an A energy rating with air to water heating system, a mechanical heat recovery ventilation system, underfloor heating, and hollowcore flooring between the ground and first floor levels.

Gardai probe apartment and public house burglaries

There are some tragedies in life that resonate with us all, but those that feature the commonplace are the ones that hit home the hardest.

Sunday, April 24, marks the start of the ‘London 2 Mayo’ Vintage Tractor Run fundraiser in aid of Crumlin Children’s Hospital and for Cancer Fund for Children's (CFFC) plans for a new therapeutic short break centre, Daisy Lodge, in Cong, County Mayo.

O'Donnellan & Joyce auctioneers is offering for sale this semidetached residence in the popular residential estate of Laurel Park in Newcastle, Galway.

O'Donnellan & Joyce is offering for sale an impressive six bed semidetached house, along with two sizeable one bedroom apartments, located in the much sought after residential area of Elm Park Road, Greenfields, Newcastle, Galway.

Roy Carroll was one of the best known characters of Galway City. As a resident musician in many city hotels in Eyre Square, he was forever the epitome of decorum, bedecked in his bow tie. He was known to many as the man on the scooter which he rode through the city while often carrying an open umbrella, Roy sadly passed away in early winter, but it would be remiss of the city to not pay tribute to this remarkable character with an even more remarkable back story. Because Roy Carroll was his stage name, not many knew that he was born Peter Salvatore Armonde Louis Volpe.

John Quinn auctioneers reports an influx of houses to the market this week with several new listings coming on stream, notably No 43 Fearann Ri, Doughiska, a fabulous four bedroom semidetached residence in walk-in condition, on offer at €278,000. Another excellent property has come on the market at No 38 Carrigeen, Knocknacarra, which is in walk-in condition and incorporates a lovely kitchen, a beautiful en suite, and a very spacious rear garden; this property is on offer at €335,000.

Lorraine Hall is director of The Cleaning Corporation, Breaffy, Castlebar - a husband and wife operation and thriving cleaning business since 1995.