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BY Declan Varley

A SCOTTISH architect’s life and work, a Scottish building, a Scottish documentary maker, and a Scottish composer will come together at a concert in Galway.

In 1990 – exactly 100 years after Sir William Gregory granted a 99-year lease on a section of land at Kiltartan Cross on which to build a schoolhouse – the Kiltartan Gregory Cultural Society was founded. Its aim was to restore the derelict red-brick schoolhouse, the very one commissioned by Sir William Gregory, and to preserve the history of Kiltartan for future generations. The next six years were spent doing just that.

Local Green Party Councillor, Louise Heavin, will host an online public meeting, entitled 'Athlone: Our Vision for Our Town' on Wednesday, July 28 at 8pm.

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Westport Tourism Organisation (WTO) has announced the publication of its latest book report: Westport – Where Visitors Feel at Home – documenting the findings of a survey of attitudes/opinions of visitors (domestic and international) to Westport and tourism operators/accommodation providers in the host community, conducted by WTO during 2019.

DNG Maxwell Heaslip & Leonard presents to the market this most impressive property set on a majestic site of c1.8 acres of gardens that offer breathtaking views of Ballyconneely and its stunning surrounds. Located at Derrigimlagh, this outstanding residence is situated directly across from the renowned Coral Beach, with its white sands and turquoise waters. It is a unique part of the world which offers wonderful vistas regardless of the season, something only achieved in Connemara.

Even among the supreme leaders of Soviet Russia in the 1920s there was fear. When Clare Sheridan, the sculptor who spent her latter years in Galway, was leaving the Moscow War Ministry late one night accompanied by the powerful head of the Red Army and Commissar for Military Affairs, Leon Trotsky, armed soldiers on the bridge at the Neva, stood out on the road, and stopped their car.

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.

Legislation currently being drafted would eliminate many of the impediments that cause private house sales to fall through, it has emerged.