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Relegation now an end of season prospect as Buccaneers taste Dubarry Park defeat
BUCCANEERS 7 HIGHFIELD 24
Ballinglen Scotch Model Farm
Ballinglen Scotch Model Farm
Fantasy castles in 19th century Connemara
It must have been an extraordinary sight in the 1860s to see Kylemore castle rise from a bog in the heart of Connemara’s Twelve Pins, barely a decade following the devastation of the Great Famine. More than 100 men were employed, some coming from as far away as Renvyle and further, at a handsome wage of seven to 10 shillings a week, turning rough, soggy land, only good for shooting wild fowl and for fishing in its nearby lakes, into a magnificent building. Today it stands more like a palace than a castle, and is still a show-stopper on the Letterfrack road.
Jack Carty to captain Connacht this season Dubarry Park hosts pre-season challenge
Connacht kick off their season tomorrowwith a highly attractive fixture against top English club Sale Sharks at Dubarry Park in Athlone (7pm).
How well do you know your Friends?
HEY…HOW you doin’? More importantly, how is your Friends trivia knowledge? Put yours to the test at The One with the FRIENDS Quiz Night in Massimo, William Street West.
Mayo native appointed new interim Linenhall director
The Linenhall Arts Centre welcomes a new interim director this month who will manage the organisation for 2022.
‘Can any romance equal the romance of real life?’
After her Connemara tour Maria Edgeworth kept up a correspondence with the Martins. She followed their fortunes and misfortunes with all the attention of an enthralled novel-reader. There was plenty to hold her attention. In the spring of 1835 the Martins travelled to London where Mary was presented at court and moved in fashionable society, attending dinner parties and charity events, of which a cynical Lord Byron remarked that these galas were nothing less than a marriage market.
Rossies rumble Mayo in Connacht final
Mayo can have no complaints about this one. Roscommon stood up when the game was there to be won, stuck to their game plan and hurt Mayo on the scoreboard when the chances arose.