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St Nicholas National School, An Cladach, An Gaillimh and Scoil Naomh Fursa, Claran, Headford are celebrating being named Junior and Senior County Winners respectively of the prestigious national art competition, Someone Like Me, which will see them join 48other schools to compete for the much sought-after national title at the national awards ceremony to be held at Dublin City Hall on Wednesday January 18 2023.

One hundred and eighty years ago, the Sisters of Mercy came to Galway for the first time, to a house in Lombard Street, to devote themselves to works of mercy among the poor. The great Catherine McAuley was one of the first three nuns to come here, the others being Mother M Teresa White and Mother N Catherine Leahy.