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Galway City has lately been a European Capital of Culture. But, Galway City has always been a County seat, the Capital of Connacht, and the gateway to the Connemara Gaeltacht. In fact, once you cross the River Corrib, you’re officially in Connemara.

With the huge demand for city centre properties, prices continue to climb. However, Colleran Auctioneers is now offering an excellent opportunity to get a foot on the property ladder at 33 St Finbarrs Terrace, Bohermore, with a guide price of €245,000.

Q. I want to buy a house, but can’t get a mortgage with the bank. What other options do I have for finance?

ICS Mortgages, the Irish-owned non-bank mortgage specialist, has reported that it provided over €530 million in new mortgages in 2021, representing year-on-year total growth of 143 percent.

On Friday last, First Choice Credit Union officially launched their new 24/7 ATM service in their Ballyhaunis branch situated on Clare Street.

Research carried out by Meat and Dairy Facts has revealed that almost two thirds of Irish women don’t know where to find advice on their dietary requirements.

Mervue United was founded in 1960. Decades later Declan McDonnell, a man synonymous with the proud club, is still going strong eager to develop and improve.

Inflation figures released by the Central Statistics Office yesterday reveal that Irish inflation hit a record high. Prices on average, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), were 5.5 percent higher in December compared with December 2020. This is the largest annual change in prices since June 2001 when annual inflation was 5.3 percent. This increase in Irish inflation is mirrored in the euro area. The Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) – the European Central Bank’s (ECB) preferred measurement of inflation - stood at 5 percent in December 2021 according to Eurostat’s flash estimate, which was the highest level recorded since the euro was introduced in 1999.

‘My father had a sister Bríd. She was a beautiful woman when she was young. She was friendly with Jack (Seán) ‘ac Coscair, but her father never knew they had spoken a word to each other. It was Bríd who used to rake the fire and close the door each night. She raked the fire and closed the door that night, and she went to bed. She was only a short time asleep when a sinneán (strong gust of wind) came, and the door was blown in against that wall below. ‘Get up, Bríd,’ said her father, ‘and close the door!’

In 1831 Patrick Broderick, from Loughrea, was charged with insurrectionary crimes at the Galway Assizes, and cruelly sentenced to spend the rest of his life in a criminal colony ‘beyond the seas’ in New South Wales, Australia. He was barred from ever returning to his native land. His wife Mary, son John and daughters Ann and Catherine, were left destitute on the infamous Clanricarde estate, one with more than 2,000 tenants.