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Thu, Jul 01, 2021

A good night’s sleep is essential to your well-being and your mattress plays a very significant role in how well you sleep.

Ivors top quality machinery giving you the garden of your dreams

Thu, Jul 01, 2021

Gardens are our little place of sanctuary from the stresses and strains of the outside world and keeping them neat is important so they can be enjoyed to the maximum.

The Currach Races, Salthill

Wed, Jun 30, 2021

The Currach Races … An Tóstal … Rásaí na gCurrachaí … 60,000 people plus in Salthill … lines of people four and five deep along the Prom … Every vantage point taken … specially designed currachs everywhere, up on trailers, sitting on grass verges, at the water’s edge … Always a crowd of people inspecting them … The currachs on the sea like tiny insects, indistinguishable in the mist and drizzle … Mountainy men and island men … báinín … Bréidín … beautiful handknit Aran croiseanna … Caps … caps … thousands of caps … women in many different styles of shawl … some red petticoats … stalls everywhere selling minerals, sweets, fruit … many stages erected along the Prom hosting sean nós singers, dancers, traditional musicians … The atmosphere of a massive aeríocht … Programmes written in the old Irish script … strange accents from Donegal … Three-card trick men … canoe races between the currach races … Trawlers marking the race route … Kerry accents … canúint Chonamara … A cluster of bookies at Blackrock … Bottles of stout and lemonade … Gaelinn spoken in lilting Cork accents … Gaeilge spoken by Aran Islanders who had come in on the Dún Aengus … A marquee for food at Blackrock … another for visiting crews … The Joyces of Inis Bearacháin … Bands playing at the Ladies Beach and at Blackrock … Currach men from Mayo, Sligo, and Clare … Commentary on the races blaring from speakers all over Salthill … A festival dance in the Hangar. This was the All-Ireland Currach Racing Championship which was first held in 1953 in the Claddagh and thereafter for several years in Salthill. The Prom provided the ideal viewing stand, the oarsmen provided the excitement, and the crowds provided the atmosphere.

How the Bolsheviks got one up on Churchill

Wed, Jun 30, 2021

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.

June 1921 - Britain continues to deny policy of reprisal killings and house burnings in Galway

Thu, Jun 24, 2021

The election, on May 24 1921 in the six counties of what was to become Northern Ireland, resulted in the Unionist Party winning 40 of the 52 seats. Catholics in the six counties would now be forced to stare down the barrel of partition and sectarianism as a new order was set in place.

Everyone can learn to swim

Thu, Jun 24, 2021

Every adult, teenager, and child should be able to swim. It is an essential survival skill. Under the expert care and tuition of Braemore Swimming Club even the most nervous pupil can learn to swim. The club teaches children from as young as three and has teachers in the water and at the poolside. You can learn to swim at any age. Adults of all ages learn to swim in these classes. The club's experienced instructors are practiced in helping pupils overcome their fear of water and helping pupils to progress to swimming the width of the pool unaided.

Technique is also a key focus of the classes. When adults and children learn how to breathe correctly on front crawl and to swim with good stroke technique they are then able to swim for longer distances and with ease.

Uphill and downhill running techniques

Thu, Jun 24, 2021

Nailing good form for ascending or descending hills can not only help you to run faster, it can also help to break your opponents and stave off injuries. Here’s how to master the techniques of uphill and downhill running.

Sticky pulled pork burgers

Thu, Jun 24, 2021

These sticky pulled pork burgers are the perfect option for a summer barbecue, sure to delight the whole family and take centre stage at the dinner table. Succulent meat and flavoursome slaw, the burgers are quick and easy to whip up too.

Wine of the week – Adega de Moncão Escolha DOC Vinho Verde 2020

Thu, Jun 24, 2021

Check out Joyce’s new and exciting wine range from Spain and Portugal selected by Masters of Wine student Antonia Dominguez from Antonia’s Wines.

Antonia Dominguez was born in Jerez, Spain, famed for its sherry production, and was raised in Ireland. She holds a WSET Level 4 diploma in wines and spirits and is currently a student on the prestigious Masters of Wine programme, currently the only MW student in Ireland. Her expertise stretches far beyond Spanish wines, extending to all notable wine regions of the world. Under her meticulous and quality-orientated selection process, she sources stand-out wines at a range of price points and styles, representing wineries from both undiscovered and classic regions. Her selection is based on offering expressive wines with personality, and on bringing Irish consumers as close as possible to an authentic wine experience.

Venice Restaurant is celebrating ten years in business

Thu, Jun 24, 2021

Venice Restaurant will reopen for dining on July 5, just in time to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The popular Italian restaurant is currently open for takeaway and the team are looking forward to welcoming diners back to the newly renovated interior next month.

Bun and Burger launches in Galway

Thu, Jun 24, 2021

A new addition to the Galway gourmet burger scene, Bun and Burger Co, will attract many admirers with an interesting menu.

Strawberry season has arrived

Thu, Jun 24, 2021

Ireland’s strawberry growers are welcoming the season of one of the nation’s favourite summer fruits. Packed full of nutritional goodness, strawberries are the taste of summer.

‘How exciting it was to be a Catholic’

Wed, Jun 23, 2021

 When Clare Sheridan bought Spanish Arch House in the late autumn of 1946, she was seeking refuge from an eventful life, to find peace and quiet to continue her sculpture, and needed time to give expression to her religious fervour. She had recently converted to Catholicism, and could not resist telling anyone who listened ‘how exciting it was to be a Catholic.’

Joseph Gaynor, a Galway busker

Wed, Jun 23, 2021

Busking is the practice of performing in public places, street performances for tips or gratuities, voluntary donations. It may come from the Spanish word buscar – to seek (fame and fortune), or the Latin word buscare – to procure, to gain.

Gardenwise | Bouquet in a Bowl – When Flowers are Good Enough to Eat!

Wed, Jun 23, 2021

If you are growing fruit and vegetables this is likely to be a bountiful time of year for you – and I wish I had the space, time and diligence needed myself to run a kitchen garden. Unfortunately, I don’t – but there are still things in the garden that are good enough to eat, and lots of us are likely to have these without even realising.

The Dún Aengus

Thu, Jun 17, 2021

The first steamer service to the Aran Islands began almost 150 years ago, in 1872, with a paddle tug called The Citie of the Tribes. She was operated by the Galway Steamship Company and was also used to tow barques and other sailing vessels to and from Galway port.

‘A charming if financially incompetent adventurer’

Thu, Jun 17, 2021

Travelling by rail to Clifden from Galway in the later years of the 19th century was supposed to take about one and a half hours, but it often took much longer. One of its great benefits was to bring anglers and shooters, ramblers and artists through the heart of Connemara, which it did very successfully. The train was quite happy to stop between stations to let people alight to follow their dreams, or to stay with friends who lived close to the railway.

NUI Galway to host lunchtime MBA information event aimed at women in leadership

Thu, Jun 17, 2021

On Thursday June 24 NUI Galway will host an MBA Women in Leadership event. The event will be held online from 1pm to 2pm. Attendees will get a chance to hear from leaders in the medical world who are in positions of leadership.

Thousands of free course opportunities available for unemployed, self-employed, and those returning to work

Thu, Jun 17, 2021

The Springboard+ 2021 programme will offer 10,158 free and subsidised places on 294 courses this year. Some 1,100 places on one and two year ICT graduate conversion courses are also on offer under the initiative.

Details of this year's initiative were announced this week by Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, and Minister of State for Skills and Further Education, Niall Collins.

Calasanctius College student to represent Ireland in International Mathematical Olympiad

Thu, Jun 17, 2021

Evan Grealish, a Leaving Certificate student at Calasanctius College Oranmore, came an impressive second place in the Irish Mathematical Olympiad (IrMO). He will now represent Ireland at the 2021 International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in July.

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