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Celebrating its 10th year, the award-winning Food On The Edge symposium returns to ATU Galway this month with “Evolution” as its central theme.

DNG Martin O'Connor Estate Agents is offering for sale a true piece of Galway heritage. This enchanting 1940s stone cottage in the tranquil townland of Ardnasillagh has been lovingly held by the Joyce family since the day it was built. Just 500 metres from the glittering waters of Lough Corrib and 20km from Galway city, it combines the romance of the Irish countryside with the convenience of being close to every amenity.

In 1877, Spencer Gore, a descendant of the Mayo Gores, etched his name in history as Wimbledon’s first-ever men’s singles champion. Nearly 150 years later, another Irish talent connected to Mayo is making her mark at the prestigious tournament, this time, not with a racquet, but with a step pallet knife.

The brutal killing of the Joyce family, the subsequent round up of the 10 accused, their trial and the sentencing of three men to hang, while the rest pleaded guilty and faced a life of penal servitude, gripped the public yet again when it had barely recovered from the Phoenix Park murders. In particular the evidence by the Cappanacrehas, and by Philbin and Casey understandably caused deadly resentment in Connemara, which still finds an echo today.

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The Cross of Cong, one of Ireland’s great ecclesiastical treasures, was reputedly made at Cloncraff monastary, Co Roscommon. Its unsurpassed craftsmanship was inspired by its relic, a splinter of the wood of the cross on which Christ was crucified.