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Underage provincial success as Buccaneer’s claim richly deserved Connacht accolade

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‘A city numbed speechless’ as teens are laid to rest after Menlo tragedy

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The tragic deaths of three teenagers in an accident at Menlo Pier last weekend has left “a city numbed speechless,” the priest celebrating the first of the funeral Masses said yesterday (Wednesday), when hundreds of mourners gathered to bid farewell to 16-year-old John Keenan Sammon.

‘The girl we left behind us’

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In the immediate aftermath of the recapture of Clifden by the anti-Treaty forces on Sunday 29 October 1922, the town was in a mess. Every house on Main Street had its windows and doors shattered. The streets were littered with glass as a result of explosions. In the houses opposite the barracks ‘not a picture remained on the walls, nor a piece of furniture unscathed’. Porter and spirits ‘flowed out the door’ of Lavelle’s pub. The ‘armoured car’, which had caused so much surprise, and gave cover to allow bombs to be placed, was removed and abandoned at Killery. It was noted that for the first time in living memory there were no church services in Clifden that Sunday.

Moycullen must give St Vincent's a 'a real rattle'

This Sunday the University of Galway Sports Arena plays host to a Maigh Cuilinn Superleague basketball game for the last time this season and it may well be the biggest game of the campaign to date for the Connemara men.

St Thomas’ players can add to Galway's test against Cork

Fresh from claiming their fourth Walsh Cup title and an opening round league win over Wexford last weekend, the Galway senior hurlers' next assignment is against Cork in Pearse Stadium on Sunday afternoon (2pm).

Anti-Treaty forces ‘secret weapon’ helps recapture Clifden

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On Saturday night, October 28 1922, a large force of anti-Treatyites made their way carefully and with as little noise as possible, into the silent streets of Clifden. They had already ‘taken’ Clifden the previous July, but were unceremoniously driven out by the National Army who approached Clifden by sea achieving total surprise.

Maigh Cuilinn need a massive 'W' this weekend

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Maigh Cuilinn play host this Saturday at 7pm in University of Galway Sports Arena to one of the favourites for the Basketball Ireland men’s Superleague crown, Ballincollig from Cork.

No point hankering for days of garda living in the local station, said Chief Supt

The days of policing revolving around the idea of a garda living and waiting in the local station all day for a call are long gone, and there is no point in hankering for them, this week’s meeting of Galway County Council Joint Policing Committee was told.

Tar - icy cold and smoking hot

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Moycullen’s rock-solid defence will be tested by Belfast Star

Belfast beckons for the Maigh Cuilinn Super League basketballers this weekend as they head north for a clash with a Belfast Star team that last weekend lost its four-game winning streak to table-toppers DBS Eanna in Dublin.

 

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