Twenty four hour inspiration at Active 24 Fitness & Leisure

Thu, Jan 14, 2016

Galway's first 24 hour gym has already inspired lots of people to make a difference to their health during 2015 and has made a massive impact in its first year of the new opening hours. January is a busy month for the health and fitness industry generally, but extending the opening hours to offer members a more flexible work out-life balance is seeing results. Interest in the 24 hour opening has been incredible, and the positive appeal of the 24 hour opening is sure to interest many. So if you have not put in place your 2016 resolutions yet, it is not too late, visit Active 24 Fitness & Leisure and be inspired.

Water Babies spring term

Thu, Jan 14, 2016

Water Babies' spring term starts the week of February 1 and the company is now taking bookings for classes. Classes take place in the Clayton Hotel, Salthill, Claregalway, Athenry, and Enable Ireland in Newcastle.

Water Babies is run by Jamie and Lisa Cobbe and currently teaches more than 650 babies and toddlers per week in Galway, Sligo, and Mayo.

Record demand for weight loss tea this January at Therapie Clinic

Thu, Jan 14, 2016

You may have heard of Cha Yi tea, the slimming and detox tea that is causing a stir. This is no ordinary tea; far from it in fact, this is an amazing revolutionary tea blend which, because of its ancient Chinese herbal properties, is helping people everywhere to shed excess weight quickly, naturally, and safely, simply by drinking two cups of it every day.

Discover SmartPoints, the new plan from Weight Watchers

Thu, Jan 14, 2016

Go to the Weight Watchers class in Oranmore all day Tuesday and say hello to a healthier, happier, more confident, you with the brand new plan SmartPoints.

Lose up to two stone in ten weeks

Thu, Jan 14, 2016

There are three keys to a genuine weight loss (real fat loss) plan — diet, exercise and metabolism correction. All three keys interconnect – one will not work without the other. Your metabolism is the most powerful of the three keys – it is the ‘switch’ that controls everything else.

Free Energy Savings and Home Improvement Show

Thu, Jan 14, 2016

The Energy Savings and Home Improvement Show, hosted by Your Energy, and offering a variety of money saving opportunities, will take place in the Menlo Park Hotel on Saturday January 30 and Sunday January 31 from 10am until 5pm. Entry is free to the public. Whether you are building a new house or upgrading your existing home, this show comes at a perfect time to maximise value for your money.

Moving is easy with Corrib Removals & Self Storage

Thu, Jan 14, 2016

Corrib Removals & Self Storage is a family run removal and storage firm. It has been in the business of helping families and businesses make simple, easy, and successful moves for more than 25 years.

The majority of customers are local people moving house or office locally, around the country, or abroad. Sometimes people may want to move just one item or some personal effects, and at other times it may be a full house moving to another part of the country, or to the UK.

January sale now on at An Siopa Troscan, Moycullen

Thu, Jan 14, 2016

See the full range of quality Irish manufactured suites at An Siopa Troscan, where all the suites can be made to order. The full range of styles covers everything from contemporary to traditional.

West Board Junior Champions 1989

Fri, Jan 08, 2016

Barna had a hurling team in 1964 and handball was very popular in the area, but anyone wanting to play football would have togged out for An Spidéal. Local games were played in Sean Lydon’s field along the shorefront, halfway between the church and Barna school. Kevin Curran and Nicholas O’Fegan were the founders of Barna GAA Club in 1965 and they managed to field minor and junior teams that year. Their junior team had the honour of playing the club’s first competitive match on May 30 1965 against a Bohermore selection known as John F Kennedy’s. Kennedy’s won by a point.

‘What the hell is going on?’

Thu, Jan 07, 2016

‘What the hell is going on?’ appears to be what the British Prime Minister Herbert H Asquith, is thinking as he disembarks at Dun Laoghaire on May 12 1916, almost three weeks after the Easter Rising. Following six days of intensive fighting, Dublin city centre was unrecogniseable. Practically all its main buildings were destroyed either by artillery fire or burnt out. The list of casualities was horrendous. One hundred and sixteen army dead, 368 wounded, and nine missing. Sixteen policemen died, and 29 wounded. And this at a time when Britain was fighting an appalling war in France, which seemed unending, and its mounting causalities were not only threatening his government’s survival, but had filled the British people with dread and alarm.

'Pat The Boat' a poem by Walter Macken

Wed, Dec 30, 2015

As we come to the end of the Walter Macken centenary, we thought it appropriate to reprint the only known piece of poetry that he wrote. It was first printed in 1963 in Criterion, a UCG magazine that was edited by Kevin Brophy at the time. It is homage, ómós if you like, to an old fisherman and reflects Macken’s love of fishing, of the Corrib, and of his understanding of people. The photograph of himself and his wife Peggy was taken in the garden of their home Gort na Gainiv near Oughterard c1960.

‘When I makes tea I makes tea, and when I makes water I makes water’

Wed, Dec 23, 2015

part II
James Joyce’s famous novel Ulysses describes the appointments and encounters of Leopold Bloom as he wanders through Dublin on an ordinary day, June 16 1904.

James Joyce’s famous novel Ulysses describes the appointments and encounters of Leopold Bloom as he wanders through Dublin on an ordinary day, June 16 1904.

George Nicholls, Rising organiser and volunteer

Thu, Dec 17, 2015

George Nicholls was a young solicitor who worked in G.C. Conroy’s office in Francis Street. In 1912, he set up a pipe band known as “Cumann Píobairí naGaillimhe”, the only band with an Irish language name to play at O’Donovan Rossa’s funeral to which they travelled in the company of Padraic Pearse.

Christmas dinner with the Misses Morkan

Thu, Dec 17, 2015

We get out of bed at nine, and Nora makes chocolate. At midday we have lunch which we (or rather she) buys (soup, meat, potatoes and some thing else)...At 4 o’clock we have chocolate, and at 8 o’clock dinner which Nora cooks.

Poppy Seed. Brand new premises - same great welcome!

Thu, Dec 17, 2015

In the pretty village of Clarinbridge, cafes come and go with alarming regularity. With its retro-modern cottage style, decorative shelves of chutneys and wooden furniture, Poppy Seed Cafe is one constant and reliable part of village life, tucked back from the main street behind the shopping complex.

Enjoy festive food without the guilt, says nutritionist

Thu, Dec 17, 2015

Food is something we should enjoy without feeling guilty, according to Dr. Marianne Walsh, Nutrition Manager with the National Dairy Council, who has prepared some tips for savouring the festive flavours this season, including a recipe by Chef Brian Mc Dermott to try at home.

“This time of year can tempt us to overindulge and we may become concerned about putting on weight or feel guilty; but we need to remember that eating is a regular part of our day, every day, so we should have a positive relationship with food”, says Dr. Walsh. “Acknowledging that we need to choose wisely to nourish our bodies with the energy and essential nutrients we need is important; as well as remembering that we all deserve a treat from time to time as part of a healthy, balanced diet”.

A few tips and recipes that will hopefully make your Christmas dinner an easier and delicious experience

Thu, Dec 17, 2015

Can you believe that it’s almost Christmas already? Are you ready for the big day? It definitely seems like Christmas, here in Claremorris, snow had fallen over the weekend and my kids were busy making their snowman. Back to the food. Are you cooking for many and keeping the menu traditional, yet modern? Here are a few tips and recipes that will hopefully make your Christmas dinner an easier and delicious experience.

Christmas glazed ham

Upper Abbeygate Street c1978

Thu, Dec 10, 2015

An old Galwegian gave us this photograph of Upper Abbeygate Street as seen from the corner of Market Street. In the late 1940s the building we see down at the end on the corner of Mary Street was Tommy Hopkins, victuallers. Opposite that, at the time, at the end of Abbeygate Street was Mrs Kemple’s house. Next door was Paul Heaney’s butcher shop; Moloney’s sweet shop; Barrett’s, Mrs Barrett had a cake making business; the Shapiros lived next door, and beside their house was an archway that led in to the back of the house; Ellie Carter and her brother were next; then Miko Cunningham’s sweet shop where he sold groceries as well. The next building was known as Carter’s Halls and among those who lived there were Mick Tuite, who was known only as ‘Shoots’, the Haynes family, Mary Anne O’Toole, Michael Melia, Chrissie Melia, Rose Anne Melia (these were Mary Anne’s children), Anthony Morris, Julia Murphy, Lizzie Hehir, Martin Cunniss, and Molly Hosty and her daughter.

‘Coming in from the cold’ at UCG

Thu, Dec 10, 2015

Even the master of intrigue himself, John le Carré, would have been mystified at the bizarre challenges the late Labhrás Ó Nualláin was presented with when he applied for a lectureship in economics, commerce and accountancy (through Irish) at University College Galway in 1953.

How to drop a dress or trouser size in just a few weeks

Thu, Dec 10, 2015

When we think of losing weight, we put great emphasis on the clothes in our closet and that section that seems to have a tag saying ‘Need to lose weight to fit into this’.

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