Get job ready with Galway Rural Development

Thu, Jun 18, 2020

The staff at Galway Rural Development have continued working throughout the Covid-19 pandemic to serve community groups and individuals in County Galway. Indeed, GRD has been at the forefront of the county’s efforts, from grocery and medication collection to meals on wheels and related services.

Embrace the weekend with a savoury homemade pizza

Thu, Jun 18, 2020

What better way to embrace the weekend than treating yourself to a homemade pizza? Avoca’s bianca pizza with broccoli, mozzarella, and sage is a simple yet delicious flavour combination. Best of all, it can be made straight from a cast iron skillet on the hob, just top it off in the oven to give it some golden crisp.

Madeleines — a tasty summer treat

Thu, Jun 18, 2020

Siucra has teamed up with Gastro Gays, a duo renowned for their creativity in the kitchen when it comes to whipping up tasty treats using seasonal ingredients and household cupboard staples. Check out their scrumptious honey, lemon, and poppy seed madeleines, a perfect afternoon picnic treat.

The iconic shell shape is achieved by buying a Madeleine mould, but if you fancy making them without the tin, simply use a muffin tin instead to make some rounded cakes, which will still look and taste amazing.

The last boat to use the canal

Thu, Jun 18, 2020

On March 8, 1848, work was started on the Eglinton Canal. The Harbour Commissioners had been anxious to develop the New Dock. There were about 300 boats in the Claddagh and the amount of seaweed landed for manure in the spring of 1845 was 5,000 boat loads, averaging three tons each. The seaweed factory had been moved up to ‘The Iodine’, so the work on the canal was vital. It would allow boats to go from the Claddagh Basin up to the lake, boats from Cong and Maam to get to the sea, and improve the mill-power on the Galway River.

‘A pale granite dream, afloat on its own reflection’

Thu, Jun 18, 2020

Mitchell Henry’s final days in Kylemore were sad ones. His adored wife Margaret had died at 45 years-of-age, and rested in a simple brick mausoleum in the grounds of his palatial Kylemore Castle. His political life, into which he put a great deal of personal effort, advocating on behalf of all Irish tenants the rights for them to own their own land, was out manoeuvred by Charles Stewart Parnell and the Land League. Henry described the Land League methods as ‘dishonest, demoralising and unChristian’. He probably was not surprised to lose his Galway seat in the general election of 1885. He blamed ‘Parnellite intimidation’.

Preparation for Pregnancy or IVF

Wed, Jun 17, 2020

The Preparing for Pregnancy program through Acupuncture & Nutrition at The Crane Clinic seeks to guide you through optimising your chances to reach your goal of a healthy pregnancy and creating life.

Both partners play a vital role in nourishing the soon to be embryo, as the quality of the male sperm is just as important as the female egg quality. Roughly three months preparation pre- conception is recommended as this is the length of time it takes for eggs and sperm to mature. A good blood supply, the right nutrients, correct hormonal signalling and the capacity to supply adequate energy to the embryo is a particularly important consideration for eggs coming from women with somewhat older ovaries or anyone diagnosed with PCOS.

Gardenwise | How to be Water Wise

Wed, Jun 17, 2020

I always dread hearing a hosepipe ban announced, for legal reasons. And why is that, you might ask? Well, it’s on account of Murphy’s Law, which states that “although several weeks of sunny weather may create the expectation of a good summer, a declaration of drought will immediately be followed by dark clouds, heavy rain and a chance of localised flooding”. So the hosepipe ban came into effect earlier this week and we haven’t had a dry, sunny day since. I rest my case.

NUI Galway’s Adult Learners Virtual Open Evening

Mon, Jun 15, 2020

NUI Galway’s annual Adult Learners Information Evening has gone virtual. The open evening will take place online on Wednesday 24th June from 6-8.30pm.

The Claddagh Basin

Thu, Jun 11, 2020

The actual cutting of what we now know as The Eglinton Canal began in March 1848. It provided much needed work during the Famine. It began at the Corrib Club and entered the sea near the Claddagh Church. The filling they dug out was used to fill terraces in UCG (which was also being built at the time) and to fill in the causeway behind Claddagh Quay. The Claddagh Basin and the Claddagh Quays were constructed to cater for the 300 boats which were operating out of the Claddagh at the time.

‘It is not our mistress we have lost, but our mother.’

Thu, Jun 11, 2020

When Mitchell Henry entered Westminster parliament in 1871 he went with hope in his heart and a mission to tell the British people the circumstances of the Irish tenant farmer. He reminds me of the Frank Cappa film Mr Smith Goes to Washington where a naive, idealistic young man has plans to change America.* Mitchell Henry, a liberal, kindly man, had however, walked into a political cauldron, waiting to explode.

Gardenwise | Saving Summer – how to gather in the garden

Wed, Jun 10, 2020

I’ve always been a firm believer that gardens are to be enjoyed, not just worked in – and the last few months have brought home just how valuable they can be. With restrictions easing and indoor visits allowed from this week, lots of us still won’t be comfortable with visitors indoors, especially if someone in the house is vulnerable from a health point of view. So this summer more than ever, we need to get good at gathering in the garden. Here are a few hints to help you make it happen.

Lanidor virtual shopping parties are all the fashion

Tue, Jun 09, 2020

Virtual shopping trips online at the trendy Lanidor website have become a popular online get-together for groups of fashion lovers wowed by the vivid styles of the Galway-based store which has now re-opened to the public.

Why you should consider an MBA at NUI Galway

Thu, Jun 04, 2020

Some of NUI Galway's 2019 MBA graduates talk about their experience.

‘We are still here,’ says Galway Rape Crisis Centre

Thu, Jun 04, 2020

Galway Rape Crisis Centre wants to reassure those in the community who may be seeking help that they are still there and are ready and available to provide support and counselling.

Evergreen can help support your sleep the natural way

Thu, Jun 04, 2020

We all find it hard to get to sleep from time to time, but several days of poor sleep can really take its toll. Three in 10 people in Ireland struggle to get enough sleep, and this has a knock-on effect on how they function mentally, emotionally, and physically the following day.

Why can’t I sleep?

Mediterranean style interiors by Komandor Wardrobes

Thu, Jun 04, 2020

The Mediterranean look combines boldness, simplicity, and convenience with light and warm tones, a coastal colour scheme, and use of natural materials.

Great selection now available at G Furniture and Carpets

Thu, Jun 04, 2020

G Furniture and carpets on the Tuam Road in Galway has reopened following nearly 10 weeks of closure due to the pandemic. The company is following all Government guidelines for the return to work protocol.

The guns in the Square

Thu, Jun 04, 2020

The Galway Vindicator of July 25, 1857, reported the arrival in Galway on board the SS Lady Eglinton, of two cannon, which had been shipped from Woolwich Arsenal, the main storage and distribution depot of Crimean War ordnance. These cannon, described as “64-pounders of a heavy and clumsy description, each weighing two tons,” were taken from the docks to the goods yard beside the railway station, where they were made ready for the handing over ceremony. They were part of a significant amount of Russian ordnance which had been captured in 1854 by the 88th Regiment at the Battle of Inkerman during the Crimean War. They were two of a number of artillery pieces that were presented by the war department to various cities as trophies.

A fantasy of romantic days of yore

Thu, Jun 04, 2020

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, 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.

Stauntons Allcare Pharmacy launches new website!

Wed, Jun 03, 2020

With week 12 of the lockdown almost complete, many of us are now into the routine of what is described as the 'new normal'. From social distancing of two metres to washing our hands and putting on gloves when entering shops, we have all had to adapt our way of living during the pandemic.

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