Lose weight permanently with Motivation

Thu, Jun 09, 2011

Do you suffer with your weight? Are you tired of the physical and psychological pain that being overweight is causing, such as low self esteem, lack of confidence, and withdrawal from fun activities in life? Gerry Kearney from Claregalway answered yes to these questions just a few short months ago and decided to take the step to do something about the excess weight he was carrying.

Discover the hidden wonders of Connemara on a walking tour

Thu, Jun 09, 2011

Explore the wild beauty of Connemara this summer with Hidden Connemara Walking Tours. Only a short spin from Galway city, Connemara is an area of unique beauty and has a rich history and culture. Explore its vast wilderness with an experienced guide and discover this region’s hidden gems.

Galway minors, All Ireland champions 1970

Thu, Jun 09, 2011

Now that Alan Mulholland’s under-21 team have kickstarted the Galway GAA season in such spectacular fashion, we thought to show you some champions of yesteryear, the county minor team who won the All Ireland in 1970.

‘All about a man trying to get a woman into bed.’

Thu, Jun 09, 2011

Week II

Buy My Dress this weekend

Thu, May 26, 2011

The Buy My Dress Galway event will take place in the g Hotel this Saturday, May 28, from 10am to 6pm.

This pop-up shop of dresses will be selling good quality donated dresses, and all funds raised will go to the Down Syndrome Centre. For more information visit www.buymydress.ie

Merchants Road, after the fire

Thu, May 26, 2011

This photograph was taken in the late seventies, and shows how quickly streetscapes can change. Merchants Road was originally known as ‘Back Street’ because it was at the back of (outside) the old city walls. As the docks were developed, a lot of warehousing and industrial buildings were constructed around the area to facilitate companies who were importing and exporting from the port, and so Merchants Road came into being. It was a drab street, quite a bit of the area we see in the foreground was warehousing, like the tall building we see in the centre of our picture.

We can be proud of our military heritage

Thu, May 26, 2011

On June 12 1922 a very special ceremony took place at Windsor Castle, near London. Following the establishment of the Irish Free State the previous December, five Irish regiments, including the Connaught Rangers, the Royal Irish, the Leinsters, the Munsters, and the Dublin Fusiliers, which had served the British army with exceptional valour at times, were disbanded. It was a day of special significance for both the participants and onlookers. It was reported in the London Times.

Ultimate style tricks to a slimmer silhouette this summer

Thu, May 26, 2011

Dress yourself slimmer this summer with these clever style tricks.

Be a bronze Goddess this summer

Thu, May 26, 2011

I don’t know about the rest of you but I’m busy applying the bronzing powder these days. I don’t allow myself to naturally tan and instead opt for either the bottled tan or powdered version as it’s safer and better for your skin.

David Martin now open seven days

Thu, May 26, 2011

David Martin Hairdressing has announced that its salon at Kingston Road will open seven days a week, including bank holidays. The salon will open on Sundays from 9am to 5pm, making it ideal for anyone with a special occasion or an important night out.

Notes for the season

Thu, May 26, 2011

New to Brown Thomas Galway this week, sleek label Bastyan has a stunning collection. A favourite of fashion stylist Lisa Fitzpatrick (who always walks that sexy yet sophisticated line to perfection), the pieces translate effortlessly from work to play.

An Fulacht Fia restaurant, Ballyvaughan

Thu, May 26, 2011

This is a fairly new purpose built restaurant on the road from Ballyvaughan to Fanore. As you arrive at the T-junction in the village of Ballyvaughan, left will take you to the Ailwee Caves and the Corkscrew Hill, and turning right brings you to Fanore. An Fulacht Fia restaurant is just about a mile out the Fanore road on your left hand side and with fabulous sea views. It is built with lots of stone and blends in perfectly with its surroundings, in fact so much so that you need to keep your eyes peeled to spot the entrance. However once you are in the door there is a beautiful modern dining room with sumptuous dining chairs, good oversized tables, starched white linen, and proper wine glasses, all a good start to an evening.

Go glamping with B&Q

Thu, May 26, 2011

Whatever festival you are planning to camp at this year, make sure you add a little boutique flavour to your pitch. You don’t have to be a celebrity to achieve the boutique look. With a varied range of outdoor and camping accessories B&Q can help you achieve it, whatever your budget.

Galway Textile Printers

Thu, May 12, 2011

Our photograph today, which is courtesy of Pat McPhilbin from Emmett Avenue in Mervue, shows a large factory building which was constructed by Sisk’s (with Jack Lillis in charge) on a site on Sandy Road in the early fifties. It was to house an industry called Galway Textile Printers which was known locally as ‘The Cotton Factory’, and even more colloquially as ‘The Cotton’. There already was a hat factory and a china factory here, but GTP was the first major industry to come to Galway and quickly became one of the biggest employers in the west of Ireland. Some of those who worked there were specialists who were brought in to help set the factory up, but most employees were local.

The blacksmith from Craughwell

Thu, May 12, 2011

The participants in the Galway Rising of April 1916 anticipated their arrest and humiliation. During Easter Week, while the rebels were attacking police stations in parts of east Galway, and threatening an invasion of the town, the RIC was quick to round up all the usual suspects. They were easily recognised. Their public training, and their interruptions of recruitment meetings made them well known to the police. They were loaded into open-top vehicles and paraded ‘for the entertainment of the townsfolk’. Volunteer Frank Hardiman remembered being set upon and beaten by rowdies at a number of places, and pelted with mud by the town’s inhabitants.

The blazer — how to wear it well

Thu, May 12, 2011

A wardrobe essential, the blazer is a versatile and timeless piece that will take you right into the next season. From the boyfriend style to long tuxedo jacket or cropped boxy blazer in black, white, cream, or navy, here are some ways to dress up or down this favourite piece.

Notes for the season

Thu, May 12, 2011

The purpose of any window display is to give a 3D snapshot, for people rushing by, of what the shop has in stock, to give a glimpse of the season’s trends, and of course, in the case of Brown Thomas, to delight.

Creative director of Brown Thomas, John Redmond, along with his team in Dublin painstakingly plot and plan every window for each of the stores. Our own team here in Galway, headed by Niamh Costelloe, then roll them out. The visual teams will be as handy with a hammer as they are with a paint brush. They will build many of the sets you see, dress the mannequins (including hair and make up) and create the natural flow of adjacencies for the labels throughout the store. And they can style a fashion show like no one’s business. To be a window dresser or a visual merchandiser is tricky business. It cannot be taught in a theoretical way. A window dresser must possess the hardest of all combinations — artistic and practical. He or she must have good taste, have a natural eye for balance and colour, and a thorough knowledge of stock. The window dresser is an artist, but the hardest working of all artists. Window dressers set the tone of the entire shop — they display your dreams and suggests a lifestyle, and that is what gets people excited, and it is often what inspires people to buy.

Calling all Salerno past pupils

Thu, May 05, 2011

Bishop Browne invited the Sisters of Jesus and Mary to open a national school in Salthill, and on May 1 1952 Scoil Íde opened in what used to be a small hotel called Dalysfort House, with 43 pupils and three teachers. The numbers grew rapidly, so it was decided to knock the old hotel and build a new school. This was officially opened by the minister for education, Dr Patrick Hillery, in 1962.

Fear and loathing in the towns and villages as rebels divided on continuing the struggle

Thu, May 05, 2011

Following the news of the Rising in Dublin on Easter Monday April 25 1916, Galway was in the grip of rumour and anxiety. The Galway ‘rising’, consisting of about 600 men led by Liam Mellows, but poorly armed, was creating mayhem in the county. Police ( RIC) stations were being attacked, telegraph poles were cut down, and trains were not running. Galway was virtually cut off from news of developments elsewhere. Then panic ensued when on Tuesday a British warship, HMS Gloucester, steamed into the bay and indiscriminately opened fire into the coastline, and further inland. Refugees began to arrive in the town.

Currach racing in Salthill in the 1950s

Thu, Apr 28, 2011

In the early 1950s a group of people got together to come up with ideas for extending the tourist season. They decided to focus on traditional Irish cultural events throughout the country, often with a local flavour, and they called the project An Tóstal. A committee was set up in Galway and they came up with the concept of an All-Ireland Currach Racing Championships. Nothing like this had ever been done before, so it took quite a bit of organisation.

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