Nile Lodge

Thu, May 07, 2020

The beginning of Salthill was the crossroads at Nile Lodge which linked Palmyra Crescent with New Line, Taylor's Hill, and Bóthar na Trá. Nile Lodge is an early 19th century house of a single storey built over a basement. It was reputedly built by an officer in Nelson’s Fleet who took part in the Battle of the Nile. The interior is designed like a bridge on board ship.

Normal people disgusted at the Abbey Theatre’s Playboy.

Thu, May 07, 2020

Famously WB Yeats was giving a lecture in Aberdeen on Saturday evening January 26 1907, the opening night of the Playboy of the Western World at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. Just before his lecture started he received a telegraph from Lady Gregory to say the first act was well received.

Recipe of the Week: MARY'S QUICK AND EASY FISH STEW

Wed, May 06, 2020

MARY'S QUICK AND EASY FISH STEW Recipe.
Each week a local business shares a yummy recipe for you to cook in the comfort of your home! This week's recipe is brought to you by Mary's Fish.

Gardenwise | Spotlight on Spring Stars

Wed, May 06, 2020

What a mixed bag gardeners have had this spring! Some of the best spring weather for years, extra time for many of us to tackle garden jobs – and the closure of our garden centres, nurseries and hardware stores, just as the growing season gets underway. A time of changes, confusion and contradictions in all aspects of our lives – when we’ve turned to our gardens for distraction and comfort, and counted ourselves lucky to have them.

Peggy’s Bar & Restaurant — quality food to take away

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Peggy's Bar & Restaurant, situated in Aucloggeen, Claregalway, directly across from Annaghdown GAA grounds, is renowned for its good food and great service, and has built up a very loyal clientele over the past seven years under the management of Aiden Leonard. Using as many local ingredients as possible and employing local people, all the food is cooked using the restaurant's own recipes.

Call and collect service from Flannery’s Hotel

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Flannery’s Hotel has introduced its newest venture - a call and collect service. Due to popular demand having served its loyal customers for more than 50 years, the hotel will now provide its high quality, affordable, tasty, most popular menu items each Friday, Saturday (from 5pm to 10pm), and Sunday (12.30pm to 5pm).

Domino’s delivering 200,000 slices of pizza for Feed The Heroes and people in need

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Domino’s Pizza Group, one of the nation’s best loved pizza companies, has pledged a further 100,000 slices of pizza to frontline workers as part of th its ongoing partnership with Feed The Heroes.

How to prepare for the Leaving Cert

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

By Brian Mooney
For sixth years the pathway ahead is now clear. If the Leaving Cert can be delivered in its full manifestation of written papers and project work across all subjects, it will be at the last possible moment. Nobody now knows, nor can know, if this will be possible, as all decisions will be based on the best medical advice in June.

Online language courses and online TEFL training at Bridge Mills Galway Language Centre

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Bridge Mills Galway Language Centre, a Department of Education recognised training institute, now in its 33rd year of business, is a quality school with Cambridge Exams Centre recognition, EAQUALS, Quality English, ACELS/QQI, and FETAC accreditation. During the forced temporary closure due to Covid-19 restrictions the school has moved online with English language classes available at all levels from €45 per week. Classes adhere to the new strict Quality English UK online course standards - a guarantee of quality and standard.

Learn French online with the French Institute Galway

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Keep studying French or take it up, do not let the Coronavirus stop you. The new term at the French Institute starts on May 11.

Meon Nua – ‘new mindset’ weight loss for health gain

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

The key to weight-loss success is a personalised plan. Meon Nua brings you a programme designed for you, incorporating your life particulars, personality, and individual goals.

Meon Nua understands that a personalised approach is key to long-term success. It offers customised one-on-one coaching (online coaching calls from the comfort of your home), with a trained healthcare professional (pharmacist). The programme combines mindset and lifestyle elements to create an individual plan for you, building the bridge to your full potential.

A healthier lifestyle is more accessible than ever

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Three-time Olympian, best-selling author, and Ireland’s Fittest Family coach, Derval O’Rourke has been steadily building her healthy lifestyle community, breaking through the crowded fitness space with her one-stop online platform, Derval.ie.

Walking the Line

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Walking the Line is the title of an important book written by Kevin Brophy which describes his childhood growing up in Renmore Barracks. The ‘Line’ is the path alongside the railway line on the causeway between the barracks and the station, and is seen in our photograph c1960.

Dubliners watched the romancing of WB Yeats with glee

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

The final curtain came down on the relationship between Annie Horniman and the Abbey Theatre in the days following the death of Edward VII on May 6 1910. It was customary that on the death of a British monarch all theatres would close as a mark of respect. Dublin theatres were expected to uphold that tradition, and indeed they did, the only exception on this occasion was the Abbey Theatre.

Gardenwise | Keep Calm and Keep Still

Wed, Apr 29, 2020

If last week’s Gardenwise was about keeping calm and carrying on with gardening, this one is about keeping calm and actually doing very little at all. To absorb maximum benefits from the garden, you need to cultivate the art of doing absolutely nothing at all. Let me explain.

Learn French Online with the French Institute Galway!

Tue, Apr 28, 2020

Keep studying French or take it up, do not let the Coronavirus stop you!

Recipe the Week: MARY’S PAN FRIED JOHN DORY

Tue, Apr 28, 2020

MARY’S PAN FRIED JOHN DORY Recipe
THIS EASY TASTY DISH SERVES 4

5 Lifestyle Changes to Get Healthier

Tue, Apr 28, 2020

Only you can make the decisions necessary to have a healthier lifestyle. Here are five changes you can do that could make all the difference for your health.

Gardenwise | Keep Calm and Carry On Gardening

Thu, Apr 23, 2020

If my inbox is anything to go by, a lot of people are doing a lot of thinking about their gardens just now. No surprises there, as the not – exactly – a - lockdown got underway just as spring was entering its most energetic phase. With at least another week or two of staying home ahead of us, formerly neglected gardens are being lavished with more TLC in a fortnight than they would normally get in a whole year. A wander round the garden centre, checking out the new spring arrivals, followed by a coffee stop, is a real treat at this time of year under normal circumstances. But with ‘normal’ fast receding to the realm of ‘once upon a time’, the shape of shopping has ‘changed, changed utterly’- and a new kind of resourcefulness is born.

The final school term is now under way, but where are we going?

Thu, Apr 23, 2020

By Brian Mooney
It is a very strange world that students now find themselves living in, since online schooling recommenced on Monday last.

It is a very strange world that students now find themselves living in, since online schooling recommenced on Monday last.

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