Prepare your oven for the perfect Christmas dinner with Galway Oven Cleaning Company

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

Is your oven filthy and in dire need of a deep clean? Nobody wants to be cooking in a grubby oven so Galway Oven Cleaning Company needs to be your next port of call.

Deep clean your oven using its eco friendly system in one and a 1/2 - two hours hours leaving it cleaner than you have seen it since you bought it. The company also cleans ranges and Agas which takes longer but has equally impressive results with no fuss and no mess. You are guaranteed to enjoy your tastiest Christmas dinner yet if you get your oven cleaned before the beginning of the festive season.

Wide range of suites available at An Siopa Troscan, Moycullen

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

The experience of shopping at this locally owned business begins with a welcoming smile from the staff, and ends with a smile from all the customers. Supporting Irish manufacturers and Irish jobs at Siopa Troscán, the staff aim to make a house your dream home, with prices you will not lose sleep over.

Amazing selection of Christmas lights available at Lighttime Ireland Oranmore

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

Choosing your Christmas lighting need not be a chore anymore, once you have visited Lighttime Ireland, Oranmore, a local business which has been selling beautiful Christmas lights for more than 20 years.

Make your garden a lot more attractive with Colourfence 

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

For a permanent no maintenance solution to all your fencing problems, look no further than Colourfence. Products from the Colourfence logo carry a guarantee that the purchase will sustain for 25 years without warping or corroding.

A Colourfence can withstand gusts of up to 130mph and can be installed at heights of one to two point one metres. They are available in colour schemes of cream, brown, green, and blue, all of which can be mixed and matched. The fence can be fitted in its natural form or with decorative trellis, and it can be raked or stepped on sloping ground.

Experience quality design and excellent service at  Eamonn Hughes Marble and Granite Claremorris 

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

Eamonn Hughes Marble and Granite is a third generation, family run stone business in Claremorris. With years of experience working with all types of stone, marble and granite, the business can offer you the choice of whatever fireplace your heart desires.

East Galway innovation is adding some colour to winter nights in the west

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

New start-up business Beamon Limited, with its base in Woodlawn, Ballinasloe, recently launched its revolutionary personalised outdoor image projection system, targeting the small business sector and home lighting enthusiasts.

Local papers and their role in our history

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

In 1909 Galway was at a low ebb, the population was just over 3,000, the local economy was in poor shape, the canal and the docks were not being well used commercially, the student population of UCG was 131, there was very little manufacturing, and local politics was still bedevilled by the Parnell split. There were two local newspapers, The Connacht Champion which actively supported William Smith O’Brien MP and often virulently attacked the Irish Parliamentary Party, and The Galway Express which originally supported the conservative unionist viewpoint, but which gradually became more nationalist until its premises were wrecked in 1920 by the Black and Tans.

A time when the Irish were not welcome

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

Between the years 1845 and 1855 more than 2.1 million people emigrated from Ireland. They streamed into Liverpool, Manchester, Boston and New York. Many were diseased, hungry, dirty, broken spirited, with barely any personal belongings. Some embarked actually naked.

Durance – a scentual experience

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

Master perfumers from Grasse employ all their expertise and creativity to design delicate, elegant, and well balanced perfumes.  They really do know how to make the highest of quality fragrances. 

Looking fabulous is easy at Style Kloset

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

Style Kloset was founded in 2013. Trina Lynskey Donovan and her partner Debbie Maher saw a niche in the market and decided to create a warm, relaxed, friendly, environment with personal advice and service to find the perfect outfit for every occasion, to suit every style and budget.

Halloween - horrid delights

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

Halloween is only a week away and every year this festival seems to be getting bigger and bigger. When I was growing up apples and nuts were the only foods associated with Halloween, but nowadays it is a big deal with pumpkins, squashes, and the like featuring on menus all over the county.

What’s cooking at PoppySeed Oranmore?

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

Creative cookery classes with head chef Judy Forde will commence in PoppySeed Oranmore on Wednesday November 4. This course will run for four consecutive weeks starting at 8pm, and will enhance your current repertoire or bring you from complete beginners to maestro in no time at all.  

Judy Forde is head chef at PoppySeed since it first opened in 2007 and has won many awards over the course of her career, and she brings a real passion to her classes. Committed to classical methods, she introduces the basics with flair and adds modern and tasty ingredients to zest up everyday dinners.

Sheridan’s Winebar for a tipple

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

Sheridan's Winebar is located on the lovely St Nicholas’s Church square in the centre of the city where the famous Galway market is held every Saturday. Having launched their cheesemongers more than 20 years ago, Kevin and Seamus Sheridan have added this wine bar above the cheese shop and overlooking the church. This is where you will find the chefs of the city on their day off and it is a social hub for the market traders. If you are observant you may see the ladies on the organic vegetable stall across from the entrance keeping warm with a glass of red in the winter, or cooling off with something sparkling on a hot day.

Aquaclean technology now available at An Siopa Troscan

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

An Siopa Troscan is located in An Fuaran, a great shopping destination in the heart of Moycullen. The spacious shop stocks everything from bigger pieces such as three piece suites, beds and sideboards, to lockers, mirrors, lamps, pictures, and frames. Suites are available from €1,799.

Conneely Flooring and Carpentry for all your carpentry needs

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

Greg Conneely is fully trained as cabinet maker with 18 years of experience in the furniture and renovations industry, spending 10 years with Conneely Custom Built and eight years working in renovations and finished carpentry work.

Bernie Grealish worked in sales with Tuohy and Grealish for a number of years. This year Conneely and Grealish had an opportunity to trade from where Tuohy and Grealish used to in Carnmore, and went into business together in January.

Tom Dunne has pioneering Laser Eye Surgery

Wed, Oct 21, 2015

Tom Dunne, Radio Broadcaster and Musician, has undertaken a pioneering Laser Eye Surgery treatment called Presbia that provides an alternative to reading glasses.

Experience the charm of Hotel Meyrick

Thu, Oct 15, 2015

On walking through the doors of Hotel Meyrick an immediate sense of calm envelopes you. It is quiet and serene with a roaring fire in the foyer, a place you could easily sit and while a few enjoyable hours away. The hotel manages to capture the perfect balance between modern and old world elegance. Quite simply the Hotel Meyrick is pure class.

A letter from Seamus Heaney

Thu, Oct 15, 2015

Irish traditional music is one of the great survivors of history. Maybe it was because we are an island, way off on our own in the western Atlantic, and until the latter decades of the last  century, out of hearing from the mass cultural movements of popular cinema, radio and TV, especially the modern music from Europe and the US, that something distinctive has survived. As a boy I would only hear traditional music sessions in a few Gaelteacht areas, or from the welcoming Standún family in Spiddal, or at the Féiseanna at An Taibhdhearc, which was more memorable for the day off from school than it was for the music.

Radio Éireann played traditional music at times, but my memory is that the airwaves were dominated by the  sentimental singing of people like Delia Murphy, known as the Queen of Connemara, and her If I were a blackbird, which seemed to have been played endlessly. 

Joe Young’s ‘Windy Waters’

Thu, Oct 15, 2015

James Hardiman, in his history of Galway, mentions a spring well that was reputedly 1,000 years old. He described it as “A Chalybeate spring of the same class as the celebrated Scarborough Waters, outside the East Gate was in great repute here. A spa house has been erected over it by a Mr. Eyre (who sailed with Columbus when America was discovered) and is much frequented.” Hardiman attributed to the tonic qualities of the water the numerous instances of longevity which he observed in the district.

Taste of France — come in, discover, and taste it

Thu, Oct 15, 2015

Taste of France, located in Cross Street Lower, is owned and run by Thierry and Catherine Schreiber, natives of France. This store offers a wide range of products from renowned French suppliers known for their made-in-France tradition from areas such as Provence, Drome, and Basque country. The product range on offer includes candies, linen, accessories, natural cosmetics, and a delicatessen.

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