Support your immunity this winter with new vitamin D supplements from Irish company SOMEGA

Thu, Nov 26, 2020

When it comes to staying healthy, a balanced diet, exercise, and sleep are key. As we find ourselves in a winter like no other, it is more important than ever to support our immunity and in turn, give ourselves peace of mind and a mental boost. Vitamins, particularly vitamins C and D play a vital role in maintaining a healthy immune system all year around.

Essential physiotherapy service remains open to treat bladder and bowel incontinence

Thu, Nov 26, 2020

Aoife Ni Eochaidh, chartered physiotherapist, provides face to face, phone, and video call physiotherapy for pelvic floor muscle treatment for bladder and bowel incontinence from her clinic in Suite 14, Bon Secours Consultant Clinic in Renmore. She also treats sexual dysfunction, prolapse, post-natal pelvic conditions, and osteoporosis. People can choose to have their pelvic physiotherapy consultation by regular phone call, Zoom, WhatsApp, etc, or to attend in person. Patients can get a referral from their GP or self-refer.

Make your home your castle this Christmas with strong doors from City & Country Windows

Thu, Nov 26, 2020

City & Country Windows is a family-run business since 1975 with beginnings in Waterfall, Co Cork, and a base in Galway since 2014. The company has always striven to offer customers a quality product and service at an affordable price.

Reduce yiour energy costs with Dalgan Ultratherm energy-efficient windows

Thu, Nov 26, 2020

Dalgan Windows is a family run business manufacturing and installing windows and doors to an international quality standard.

Light up your Christmas with Lighttime Ireland

Thu, Nov 26, 2020

Lighttime Ireland has all the quality products necessary to light up your home and garden this holiday season.

Increased grants available for home insulation

Thu, Nov 26, 2020

With the summer months behind us and the cooler months well upon us, Galway company West Coast Insulation are recommending homeowners take advantage of the current grant scheme. The scheme is now the highest level it has ever been at €1123. Homeowners can contact John Folan from West Coast Insulation for a free quotation for cavity wall and attic insulation. The grant will cover a large percentage of the costs of the work and the grant comes straight off the price when ordering with West Coast Insulation. Furthermore, West Coast Insulation will look after the applications forms to make the process as simple as possible for homeowners.

Spoil your loved the Christmas with a gift voucher from The Johnstown Estate

Thu, Nov 26, 2020

If you are searching for a really luxurious gift this Christmas, The Johnstown Estate has gifting all wrapped up. This beautiful hotel, defined by its Georgian Manor, has been fully refurbished, is full of warmth and character and is only 35 minutes from Dublin and 90 minutes from Galway.

The Persse Windows, St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church

Thu, Nov 26, 2020

The church of St Nicholas of Myra was first built c1320, making it 700 years old this year. It is the largest medieval church in Ireland and there has been constant Christian worship there since it was built. The chancel with its three windows in the south wall dates from the beginning, the nave, and the transept date from about a century later. In 1477 Christopher Columbus is believed to have worshipped here. In 1484, the church was granted Collegiate jurisdiction by which it was to be governed by a warden and vicars who would be appointed by the mayor and burghers of the town.

University status one step closer for midlands as AIT - LIT makes TU application

Thu, Nov 26, 2020

A new technological university for the Midlands and Mid-West is on course for a September 1 2021 opening, following confirmation that the AIT - LIT Consortium has formally submitted its application to Government.

Nominations sought from Galway for Adult Learning STAR Awards

Thu, Nov 26, 2020

AONTAS, the National Adult Learning Organisation, is seeking nominations from adult learning initiatives in Galway for the annual STAR Awards 2021.

'Yo-yo dieting was controlling my life – I knew I had to make some changes'

Thu, Nov 26, 2020

"I was tired, frustrated, and emotionally drained from the repetitive, negative cycle of yo-yo dieting I had created. I desperately wanted to establish balance and not let dieting run my life.

"After years of analysing my weight and starting a diet every Monday, I knew I had to make some changes. I threw myself into the three-year nutritional therapy diploma at the prestigious College of Naturopathic Medicine (CNM) to learn more about the healing power of natural foods.

A cracker of a Christmas Experience at Katie’s Claddagh Cottage

Thu, Nov 26, 2020

Galway has a brand new, outdoor, safe, socially-distanced Santa Experience guaranteed to restore Christmas cheer.

Take a stroll down John’s Lane

Wed, Nov 25, 2020

This week we introduce you to one of the best whiskeys to come out of this little island of ours, the amazing Powers John’s Lane Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey.

Gardenwise | Seasonal scents to lift the spirits

Mon, Nov 23, 2020

Anything that makes the garden more inviting in winter has to be a good thing, am I right? So this week I thought we might look at plants with attractive scents for winter – easily overlooked, but worth exploring if you believe, as I do, that a garden should work hard for you for twelve months of the year. Most of the favourites on my list are winter flowering shrubs that will sit quietly in the wings for months until it’s their time to shine – so placing of them needs careful thought. If possible, you want them near the front door, or near a path where you can enjoy the fragrance as you pass – but you might want to combine them with something more decorative for the rest of the year.

The killing of Michael Moran - Galway city, 1920

Thu, Nov 19, 2020

Sinn Féin’s declaration of an Irish Republic on January 21 1919, along with the killing of two RIC officers in Tipperary by the IRA on the same day, signalled the start of a guerrilla war for Irish independence.

Father Griffin’s body found

Thu, Nov 19, 2020

At about 3pm on the afternoon of Saturday, November 20, 1920, William Duffy of Cloghscoilte near Barna was driving cattle locally when one of them got stuck in the mud. William noticed part of a coat sticking out of the gap, so he went for his neighbours Patrick and Thomas Lydon, and later Patrick Cloherty and Patrick Concannon from Truskey joined them at what turned out to be a grave. They uncovered part of the body and realised that it was that of Fr Griffin. They decided to wait until it was dark so they covered up the body again, afraid that the Tans might return to remove it. William Duffy rode on horseback into Fr O’Meehan in Montpellier Terrace to inform him of the tragedy. Fr O’Meehan, Fr Sexton, and Canon Considine then hired Patsy Flaherty’s side car and went out to Clochscoilte.

‘The image of your girlhood will purify my life again.’

Thu, Nov 19, 2020

‘My dear little runaway Nora, I am writing this to you sitting at the kitchen table in your mother’s house! I have been here all day talking with her and I see that she is my darling’s mother and I like her very much. She sang for me The Lass of Aughrim, but she does not like to sing me the last verses in which the lovers exchange their tokens. I shall stay in Galway overnight…..’

Maintaining the garden soil for vegetable growth

Thu, Nov 19, 2020

As we embrace the winter season, it is essential that the prevalent theme of preparing and cleaning the soil continues.

Here at the Galway Advertiser we are encouraging our readers who enjoy spending time with nature to maintain a garden presence.

Maintaining a garden presence will reap spring season bloom

Thu, Nov 19, 2020

Despite the presence of low clouds and temperatures not conducive to seasonal growth, November can oft be a month during which Athlone Advertiser readers can savour some time in the garden, embracing the surrounds of nature as you prepare for the coming of spring and bloom growth.

Virtual open evening at Cuan na Gaillimhe CNS – a Steiner education

Thu, Nov 19, 2020

Cuan na Gaillimhe CNS – a Steiner education (previously Galway Steiner National School) opened its doors in Knocknacarra in 2015 in response to parental demand for a nondenominational school with Steiner teaching. Steiner education is an internationally recognised approach to the education of children. At its centre is the holistic understanding of child development and in its methods and its interpretation of the national school curriculum it aims to meet the needs of the children in their cognitive, emotional, and physical development.

Cuan na Gaillimhe CNS – a Steiner education is committed to providing education which nurtures each child in such a way that he or she develops into a young person with a balanced capacity for thinking, feeling, and doing. The staff aim for the children to develop self-confidence and inner resources so that they can take their place in the community as creative, self-directed, and responsible people. Steiner education provides enjoyable and relevant learning through deep engagement and creative endeavour, to develop ethical and capable individuals.

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