It’s not you, it’s your metabolism

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

Your metabolism is by far the most critical and powerful key to weight loss. It is with you 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The potential for calorie burn and weight loss is huge. It even controls the results from your diet and exercise. By combining a great metabolism with balanced food and exercise, System 10 brings you the best weight loss plan of all.

Operation Educogym — my transformation of fifty six pounds in fifty six days

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

My name is Roger O'Sullivan and over the past six weeks I have dramatically changed my life expectancy.

The Home Improvement Show is coming to Galway

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

The Home Improvement Show has established itself over the last number of years as one of Ireland’s leading home and garden events, and a Galway date has just been announced. The show will be in Leisureland, Salthill, Galway, on April 9 and 10, for the very first time. This is an event not to be missed.

Wide range of suites available at An Siopa Troscan

Thu, Mar 03, 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.

Recent storm or flood damage?

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

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

Products from the Colourfence range carry a guarantee that the purchase will sustain for 10 years without warping or corroding. A Colourfence can withstand gusts of up to 130mph and can be installed in heights of 1m to 2.1m. They are available in cream, brown, green, and blue, all of which can be mixed and matched.

The Importance of an eye examination

Tue, Mar 01, 2016

Eye examinations are not just about assessing vision to determine if one requires spectacles. By examining the eyes thoroughly, Optometrists can detect serious conditions at an early stage. This means that any issues raised are more promptly managed and treated, thus reducing the risk to ones eye sight.

Nineteenth century Galway elections

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

Elections in the 19th century were a great deal more lively, entertaining, and violent than those of the present day.

In 1826 Humanity Dick Martin ran in an election against James Lambert. Martin was anxious to win because as a Member of Parliament, he could not be pursued by his numerous creditors. There was a lot of violence between rival factions, major riots, houses burned, many injured, and at least one man killed. Martin won by a landslide, but a Parliamentary enquiry found fraud on a massive scale, and also that the local authorities did nothing to quell the rioting, so Lambert was declared elected.

Dick Martin’s desperate struggle to retain his Galway seat

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

The present national election is a mild and gentle affair, compared to some previous occasions though none reached the madness and abandonment of the notorious Galway election of 1826.

Juicing and Raw Food Workshop - Kids go Free!

Tue, Feb 23, 2016

Are you confused and don't know where to start with your diet, are you passionate about food and want to learn more, would you like to learn how to create healthy snacks?

Seamus Carter, athlete, Gaeilgóir, patriot

Thu, Feb 18, 2016

Seamus Carter was a fluent Irish speaker who was a member of the Gaelic League since its inception. He was the secretary of the Oireachtas when it was held in Galway in 1913, the famous photograph of which hangs in the Town Hall.

1916 - 1922 A time of courage, and divided loyalties

Thu, Feb 18, 2016

I have written before about a terrifying night in Galway when the Black and Tans went berserk following an incident at Galway railway station on September 8 1920. A drunken Tan, Edward Krumm, confronted the crowd of passengers as they emerged from the train. He produced a pistol and began to fire into the air, causing widespread panic. Séan Mulvoy jumped on his back but Krumm managed to shoot him as they fell to the ground. In turn a man stepped from the crowd and shot Krumm dead.

That night the Tans went on the rampage, arresting suspects, public beatings, burning houses and shops. Seamus Quirke, a young shop assistant, was shot dead.

Bistro brilliance at The Maldron

Thu, Feb 18, 2016

The Maldron Hotel on Sandy Road — this hotel has had as many name changes as Cheryl Fernandez-Versini. The Courtyard by Marriot Hotel, as it was many moons ago, changed into the Pillo Hotel, and most recently again became The Maldron — keep in mind to distinguish it from the long standing Oranmore Maldron.

GMIT student makes final fifteen in Student Chef of the Year

Thu, Feb 18, 2016

Tommy Fay of Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology was among the finalists at this year's Knorr Student Chef of the Year.

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’.*

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