Soul food at its very best in Galway city.

Thu, Nov 24, 2016

Tasty, Healthy Asian Bistro in the heart of Galway city – The Noodle House is a bright and airy bistro-style restaurant which offers a traditional Chinese fare. The philosophy of the Noodle House to to provide nourishment and health for the body and soul.

St Patrick’s NS, a bird’s eye view, 1959

Thu, Nov 24, 2016

This photograph was published on March 13 1959 by Alexander ‘Monkey’ Morgan (1919-1958), a wartime pilot for the Royal Artillery Air Corps, who launched a peacetime career in aerial photography before his tragic death in a plane crash. It is a detail from one of the images he took for the Irish Independent between 1951 and 1958. Some 200 of these have now been published in book form under the title Ireland from the Air. The book is a crystal ball into the past. The images are of such high quality that the detail just leaps out. Our image today is just a section of one of the photographs which we have enlarged.

Australia offered some relief for Famine orphan girls

Thu, Nov 24, 2016

The extreme winter conditions of 1846/47 exacerbated the mounting crisis that the Great Famine had already created. The number of deaths from hunger in Galway town averaged between 25 and 30 a week. As well as the main workhouse on Newcastle Road (now the University College Hospital) auxiliary workhouses had opened at Barna, Newtownsmyth, Merchants Road, St Helen Street, and in Dangan. Six soup kitchens operated throughout the town feeding some 7,000 people a day and more as newcomers streamed in from rural districts. On one bitterly cold morning two children were found frozen to death on High Street. Another child dead nearby.

Enjoy an immersive Chinese experience at Canton Kitchen

Thu, Nov 24, 2016

Located in the heart of Salthill, Canton Kitchen has been proudly serving the people of Galway quality Chinese food for three decades. What began as a simple takeaway 30 years ago has evolved into an immersive restaurant that caters for both loyal and new customers.

Over fifties Christmas lunch and dancing at The Ardilaun

Thu, Nov 24, 2016

The Ardilaun hotel team are busy organising a fun filled Christmas social on Thursday December 1 for an afternoon of fun, food, and dancing. Gather your friends for a pre-Christmas treat, as there is no better way to get into the festive spirit.

Time for tea at Ballynahinch

Thu, Nov 24, 2016

It is no secret that the Irish love their tea. We drink more of this hot beverage per capita than any other country. The presence of tea making facilities is considered essential in any hotel or bed & breakfast room and it is offered at breakfast, elevenses, lunch, dinner, and any time in between.

Take the System 10 twenty eight day metabolism booster plan

Thu, Nov 24, 2016

You have to improve your diet to lose weight. You also need to exercise, although not as much as you might think. However the most important key to weight loss success is your metabolism. Your metabolism is your weight loss master switch. No amount of dieting or exercise will compensate for a bad metabolism.

Whiter teeth at Galway Dentists

Thu, Nov 24, 2016

Galway Dentists can offer you that brighter smile that you deserve. Not only do whiter teeth help people feel more confident in their smile, white teeth project good oral health and a youthful appearance.

Psychics back by popular demand

Thu, Nov 24, 2016

Galway’s own School of Natural & Spiritual Science is Ireland’s premier new centre for personal/business development. “We are here to change perceptions and myths about from where our difficulties in life originate,” says Fergal Cusack, the school’s founder/director. “More than that, how we can actually solve them and make living a happy life less effort and more fun. We Irish are notorious for leaving our physical and mental health on the long finger. We help people to foster health in all aspects of life, and transform their minds and bodies while they can still make the most of their lives.”

Do you want to expand your ability to heal yourself and others?

Thu, Nov 24, 2016

Would you like a very rewarding career in which you enjoy your work and go home happy at the end of the day? There are two places left in this new course in kairos therapy.

Understanding common shoulder injuries

Thu, Nov 24, 2016

Shoulder injuries are frequently caused by excessive, repetitive, overhead, motions such as swimming, tennis, pitching, and weightlifting. Injuries can also occur during everyday activities such as housework and gardening.

Wrapping up Soup for Simon at The Skeff To Aid Homeless in Galway

Mon, Nov 21, 2016

The Skeff Late Bar & Kitchen presented a cheque for €600 to Galway Simon Community after wrapping up their Soup for Simon campaign. During October the proceeds from soup sales for one week at The Skeff were donated to the local charity.

‘What part of Galway is Ireland situated?’

Thu, Nov 17, 2016

By the 16th century Galway was a compact, well laid out town with handsome buildings. The wealth of the Tribal families, built up over decades of canny and adventurous trade, was reflected in their luxurious homes; fragments of which, in delicate carved limestone, remain around the old town.

Mary Anne Kelehan’s of Bushypark

Thu, Nov 17, 2016

The first time we see a pub in Bushypark recorded is in the 1902 Census which tells us that it was occupied by Mary Kelehan, a 45-year-old widow who is described as a publican. Also living there were her son Peter aged 26, as well as daughters Delia, 20, and Cissie, 18. All were described as publicans. There may well have been a pub there before that. It was a focal point for a large number of the local community and was the only place on the road where people could pull in for refreshments. On a Friday or Saturday evening it was common to see a line of horses and carts outside as people stopped on their way home after selling their turf or their produce at the market. The road was jammed early every Saturday morning with country folk driving their horses and carts to market.

Who stole the magic of Christmas?

Wed, Nov 16, 2016

I am a self-confessed Christmas lover. I love the lights, the decorations, the atmosphere and dare I say it, the Christmas tunes. I have always loved Christmas, from when I was a small child with visions of Santa etched into my imagination nibbling my way through a selection box, to an adult who every year looks forward to catching up with old friends and family and indulging in too many glasses of mulled wine and that guilt-free calorific Christmas dinner.

Travelling with Toddlers

Tue, Nov 15, 2016

When you board a plane with small children in tow, no one is happy. No one wants to sit next to you. No one wants you behind them. No one wants you in front of them. I have discovered that when push comes to shove, no one else thinks your kids are so adorable when they are trapped with them on an airplane.

Il Vicolo - Galway's number one restaurant for Italian food and wine

Tue, Nov 15, 2016

Beautiful old world stone and wood interior by the mill wheel on the river Corrib, Il Vicolo will make you forget that you are in Galway's city centre as you sample divine Italian food and wine while enjoying the live music.

A medieval tale of fashion, wealth and love

Thu, Nov 10, 2016

Hands up those who know who was the Coco Chanel of 15th century Galway?

St Michael’s GAA Club, sixty years

Thu, Nov 10, 2016

St Michael’s Club was formed in 1956 after Galway won the All-Ireland football final. The first AGM was held in Tom Connolly’s house in Lower Shantalla Road, and they played their first game in 1957. Among those who founded the club were Pa Boyle (whose brainchild it was), Mick O’Toole, John Duignan, Mick Higgins, Liam Cunningham, and Sergeant O’Toole. They started as a dual club, but after a few years they concentrated solely on football.

Murrays Nile Lodge, the local coffee shop with a long history

Thu, Nov 03, 2016

Murrays is a friendly neighbourhood coffee shop with a long history. The building was originally built by the Murray family in the 1930s and over the next 60 years it served the community as a grocery shop and post office. There are many Galway people who fondly remember spending their pocket money on sweets and ice cream in Murrays! The shop closed in the 1990s but the family continued to live above it. In 2016 Doireann, great-grand-daughter of the original Mr. Murray, re-opened the business as a coffee shop and bakery.

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