Special offers to celebrate opening of second Tolteca store in Galway

Thu, Feb 18, 2016

Tolteca opened its first store on Baggot Street, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, in 2011. Tolteca is now opening its sixth store and its second store in Galway. To celebrate the latest store opening all burritos and bowls are €5 until March 15.

Boost your BER with home heating solutions from Ned Forde

Thu, Feb 18, 2016

Ned Forde Ltd has more than 30 years of experience in the heating and plumbing industry. The company specialises in room sealed appliances that take air for combustion from the outside, leaving your room airtight and helping to substantially improve your BER.

Wide range of suites available at An Siopa Troscan

Thu, Feb 18, 2016

See the full range of quality Irish manufactured suites at An Siopa Troscan in Moycullen, where all the suites can be made to order. The full range of styles covers everything from contemporary to traditional.

The Proclamation Of King George V

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

“The accession of His Majesty King George V was proclaimed in Galway at 2 o’clock on Saturday (21st of May, 1910). The ceremony was performed by the High Sherriff, Mr. Cecil R. Henry, and took place opposite the Courthouse. On the steps of the building there was a fashionable gathering. Outside the hollow square formed by soldiers and police, the crowd was one of immense proportions. About one hundred men of the Connaught Rangers, with their band and the King’s colour, under Major Sarsfield, were formed up in line opposite the Courthouse, and an equal number of the Royal Irish Constabulary, drawn from Galway and outside stations, filled up the remaining sides of the square. They were in charge of Co. Inspector Flower, Districts-Inspectors Mercer and O’Rorke.

Some Galway women in 1916

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

‘The main cause of disloyalty in the county,’ wrote the RIC inspector for Galway East 1916, ‘were the priests and the women of Athenry!’

Wash day in The Claddagh

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

“With its old houses — straw for their roofs and rock and mortar for their walls, and every little end of a wall whitewashed a hundred times in blue or white or thin pink — the Claddagh was lovely, and from a distance it did the eye good. It was quaint, of course, but also a home-like little village; it had sand for its walks and a turfy marlish stuff for its floors, and always curls of smoke from its square low chimneys.

Remarks ‘Unworthy of the men in the Dáil’

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

I have written before how records from the Military Pensions Archive show that more than 200 members of Cumman na mBan, some who had sustained injuries and took risks with their lives participating in military action both during the Easter Rising, and in the subsequent War of Independence, were refused a pension because the pension was only applicable ‘to soldiers as generally understood in the masculine sense’.*

The Shearwater Hotel, Ballinasloe — style and class in a relaxing environment

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

I was recently invited to a tasting of the new menu in the Canal Gastro Bar and Bistro, Shearwater Hotel, Ballinasloe. On entering the lobby of the hotel one cannot help but be impressed. Tall ceilings and marble finishing immediately suggest style and class, without making me question my decision to go with a casual shirt and pants combo.

Nearly half of Irish people would consider fillers

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

According to new research from Thérapie Clinic, the majority of Irish (58 per cent) are uncomfortable with starting to look older and almost half (47 per cent) would consider anti-wrinkle injections and dermal fillers to counteract this.

The research has revealed that Irish attitudes to cosmetic beauty are rapidly changing and the majority of us (60 per cent) now admire the improvements injectables and fillers can make to a person’s appearance.

Storm or flood damage?

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

For a permanent, no maintenance solution to all your fencing problems, look no further than Colourfence.

Winter sale at G Furniture must end this Sunday

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

The winter sale at G Furniture and Carpets on the Tuam Road in Galway ends this Sunday with huge savings across all departments. The company guarantees the best value for money in Galway in carpets and furniture, with savings of up to 70 per cent on special sale items and end of line ranges.

Wide range of suites available at An Siopa Troscan, Moycullen

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

See the full range of quality Irish manufactured suites at An Siopa Troscan, where all the suites can be made to order. The full range of styles covers everything from contemporary to traditional.

Active 24 Fitness — twenty four hours, seven days a week

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

Open 24 hours, seven days a week, Active 24 Fitness at The Connacht Hotel will ensure that you are getting the best out of every visit to the club. It offers a variety of memberships with something to suit everyone and every schedule, including family, off-peak, student, active retired, pool only memberships, and corporate memberships. So if you, or your company, like the idea of an active 2016, get in touch with Active 24 Fitness today.

Hayley Coleman Make Up Masterclass at Girls Night Out in the G Hotel.

Tue, Feb 02, 2016

Leading make up artist and beauty blogger Hayley Coleman will be showcasing the newest spring make up looks at a Girls Night Out Make Up Masterclass in the G Hotel next Wednesday night 10th February at 7pm.

The First Galway Brigade, 2nd Battalion

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

During the War of Independence, the Volunteers, for organisational purposes, divided the country into divisions. Connacht and County Clare were split into four such sections. In each of these, the members were divided into brigades, battalions, companies, and flying columns. The First Galway Brigade was divided into three battalions, Castlegar, Claregalway, and Headford.

Dáil Eireann - ‘The only Government that I recognise’

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

Following the throwing out of the so called Galway Resolution in December 1920, by which some Galway county councilors attempted to reject the authority of the newly elected Dáil, to rescind the process of passing on the rates' revenues to the Dáil (rather than to the British authorities); and to absurdly propose to bring the War of Independence to a close by directly offering to negotiate with the British prime minster David Lloyd George, the council'c vice-chairman, Alice Cashel, was arrested almost immediately.

‘The Galway Resolution’ - An attempted coup by some county councillors

Fri, Jan 22, 2016

On December 3 1920, at the height of the War of Independence, quite an extraordinary event happened in Galway County Council. It passed a resolution, known as ‘The Galway Resolution’, repudiating the authority of the newly established Dáil; it rescinded the resolution for the collection of rates, (which were collected locally, and passed on to Dáil Éireann, and not to the British authorities), and incredibly, Galway County Council now offered its offices to negotiate peace, directly with the British prime minister, David Lloyd George.

GALWAY c1200 to c1900

Fri, Jan 22, 2016

The above is the title of a newly published folding map by the Royal Irish Academy. It has been compiled by Jacinta Prunty and Paul Walsh using the extensive topographical information which they collected while working on a forthcoming book entitled Galway in the Historic Towns Atlas series. They also studied old maps of the city. This map extends from Newcastle Road to College Road and from Terryland to Nimmo’s Pier. The map and its extensive indices are unrivalled in their detail and afford a unique window into the earlier medieval topography and way of life in the city.

FAI Junior Cup finalists 1941

Thu, Jan 14, 2016

John O’Dowd was a Galway born printer who went to work in Kilkenny and became involved with the formation of a junior soccer league in the area. In 1931, his widowed sister, Mrs Brigid Mulryan from Woodquay, died and left four children. John gave up his Kilkenny job and returned to Galway to mind the children. He worked for a while in the Connacht Tribune and later in the Galway Printing Company.

Soldiers of 1916 - ‘generally understood in the masculine sense’

Thu, Jan 14, 2016

Despite the crucial role many women played in the 1916 Rising, very few were given the credit they deserved. In fact some were refused a pension for many years because they were not ‘men’. In at least one case, the valiant role played by Nurse Elizabeth O’Farrell was simply airbrushed out of history.

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