Episode 13 - The Trial of Country Butter & The Railroad Shebeen

In this episode, Tom returns to a popular topic of country butter. This time looking at the trail that lead to a prison sentence and perhaps the end of the country butter. Ronnie is still on the Clifden railroad and looks at the shebeen which thrived during its construction.

You can find the articles referenced in this podcast on www.advertiser.ie/galway:

The egg and butter market in Church Street

Echoes of the American west as railroad gets under way

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Ronnie O'Gorman

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Tom Kenny

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The Old Galway Diary podcast is available on the Advertiser Podcasts and most recently on the Galway City Museum website on a weekly basis.

It is brought to you by two of Galway’s finest writers and storytellers, Ronnie O’Gorman and Tom Kenny. Elaborating on topics they have covered in the paper in the Galway Diary and Old Galway section, and many other aspects of Galway life and history, they bring their inimitable style to allow you relax, listen and enjoy.

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