The boy who grew up beside a battlefield

Thu, Jun 25, 2020

As a small boy Joe Joyce played soldiers on the fields of Aughrim, a small village in Co Galway, between the towns of Loughrea and Ballinasloe. In his early years the games were fun, running among the ditches with his sisters Marie and Cepta, playing around the ruined castle, gazing across the flat east Galway countryside from Kilcommadan Hill, far from the reality of where bitter and often hand to hand fighting took place; and where just before dark, on that fateful wet Sunday July 12 1691, the fearless Scottish general Hugh Mackey led a one-thousand strong cavalry charge into the reeling Irish Jacobite infantry to win the day.

Capone's is ready for re-opening!!

Thu, Jun 25, 2020

Like many restaurants and pubs all across Galway and indeed Ireland, Monday, June 29 has been a day the staff at Capone's Knocknacarra have been looking forward to since the restaurant temporarily closed its doors in March due to the Government restrictions.

Welcome Back! We’ve Missed You!

Wed, Jun 24, 2020

The Skeff Late Bar, Eyre Square re-open their doors on June 29th in line with government guidelines. The team are working and training hard to prepare for their re-opening on Monday. All the necessary measures are being taken to ensure the safety of guests, customers and their team, whilst also ensuring an exceptional experience and warm welcome. Enjoy light bites, gourmet sandwiches or larger delicious bites from 12pm daily (Sunday’s from 10am). Avail of a full bar service including cocktails alongside your meal.

Higgins to host Zoom meeting for Leaving Certificate students

Tue, Jun 23, 2020

Councillor Clodagh Higgins will host a Zoom meeting on Tuesday June 23 from 7pm specifically for Leaving Certificate students to help them plan their future, their CAO choices, and how to make their chosen course work for them.

Gardenwise | Spread a Little Sunshine

Tue, Jun 23, 2020

This week Gardenwise brings you lots of glorious yellow, in the form of the statuesque sunflower. A hardy annual that grows and lives for just one season, the sunflower is also the international emblem for hospice care – and I’m hoping that you can help to bring a little of its sunshine to our local hospice, to help continue the vital work of caring for patients and their loved ones.

Keep your home or business healthy with Conroy Kitchens

Thu, Jun 18, 2020

Conroy Kitchens has developed a top-of-the-range sanitising unit that will suit the needs of any home or business. It will help create a healthy environment for your family in your home and for your customers and staff in your business.

The new sanitising unit is crafted in Conroy Kitchens workshop in Callow, Foxford, Co Mayo, and can be delivered nationwide. The unit comes in a variety of sizes and will be made to order to suit you needs.

Get motivated and get fit with NRG Online

Thu, Jun 18, 2020

NRG Online is a live and on-demand fitness platform offering unlimited access to daily live workout routines, as well as on-demand classes, delivered to you by NRG Health & Fitness, one of Ireland's leading health and fitness providers for the past 18 years.

Your feet in safe hands

Thu, Jun 18, 2020

Angela Mc Anearney, Roisin Dooley, and Anthony Walsh of Galway Podiatry Clinic, 34 Upper Abbeygate Sreet, are back to provide the same professional, patient-centred, friendly, podiatry service that you have come to expect for relief of all your foot problems.

In-person physiotherapy appointments now available

Thu, Jun 18, 2020

Aoife Ni Eochaidh, chartered physiotherapist, provides face to face, telephone, 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, Galway. She also treats sexual dysfunction, prolapse, and post-natal pelvic conditions and osteoporosis. People can choose to have their pelvic physiotherapy consultation by phone call, Zoom, WhatsApp, Skype, or Facetime or to attend in person. Patients can get a referral from their GP or self-refer.

Irish language classes

Thu, Jun 18, 2020

Conradh na Gaeilge is running a special six week online Irish language course for beginners or those who wish to return to using Irish again. These classes aim to facilitate learners in a relaxed, friendly, environment where the emphasis is on conversational Irish and words and phrases that are in everyday use.

NUI Galway to hold virtual open evening for adult learners

Thu, Jun 18, 2020

NUI Galway’s annual adult learners information evening has gone virtual. The open evening will take place online on Wednesday June 24 from 6pm to 8.30pm.

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 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.

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