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Maree Oranmore mourns tragic loss of talented local sportsman

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The community of Oranmore has been stunned by the death of talented young sportsman Donal (Donie) Greene.

John Mahoney to star in Galway Arts Festival world premiere

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Celebrated American actor John Mahoney returns to Galway this summer to star in the world première of Chapatti, a new work by the Galway playwright Christian O’Reilly.

A guide to DruidMurphy – starting this weekend

THIS FRIDAY, Druid’s biggest project yet begins at the Town Hall Theatre with a performance of Tom Murphy’s Conversations On A Homecoming.

‘Lady Betty’ and the ‘ enemy of romance’

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In the 1820s the hangman for the Connacht circuit was a woman known as ‘Lady Betty’. She had actually been sentenced to death for killing her own son, and stealing his savings. But she escaped the hangman’s noose by pleading that she could fill the vacancy that existed for a hangman. Her first hanging was watched to see if she could handle the rough business of a public execution with some sort of expediency. Apparently she could. She was officially appointed to hang and flog those convicted in the Connacht courts.

‘Lady Betty’ and the ‘ enemy of romance’

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In the 1820s the hangman for the Connacht circuit was a woman known as ‘Lady Betty’. She had actually been sentenced to death for killing her own son, and stealing his savings. But she escaped the hangman’s noose by pleading that she could fill the vacancy that existed for a hangman. Her first hanging was watched to see if she could handle the rough business of a public execution with some sort of expediency. Apparently she could. She was officially appointed to hang and flog those convicted in the Connacht courts.

Castlecomer golf news

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Ladies results from the President Betty’s Prize are as follows: 1 Honoria Fogarty 69 nett; 2 Eileen Fogarty 70 nett; Gross Katherine Molloy 88; 4 Breda Phelan 74 back 9; 4 Betty Byrne 74 nett; Senior Margot Rowe 75 nett; Front 9 Josephine Leahy 36.5; Back 9 Jacinta Culliton 33.5.

 

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