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Tickets for the upcoming Mick Flannery event at The Ruby Room, Royal Theatre, Castlebar, can now be booked via the www.finbarhobanpresents.com website, for what promises to be a sell-out concert.

Castlebar got a new Town Hall on 6 June 1894. The Linen Hall, built in 1790, was given a new purpose. In 1986, the Education Centre in John Wesley's Methodist Church on the Green relocated to the Town Hall. When the Arts Council came on board in 1990, the Linen Hall Arts Centre was born, and the 'Linen Hall' had a new purpose.

A number of tourism projects being managed by Mayo County Council are being progressed in the Castlebar Municipal District, according to the Tourism, Recreation & Amenity Section of the council, which has provided the following Tourism Update which will form part of the agenda of the Castlebar MD area meeting on Wednesday July 26 next.

Castlebar Celtic's Eoghan Hughes was the standout performer, netting a hat-trick for the Hoops in their 4-0 victory against Manulla on Saturday at Celtic Park in the Calor Gas Super Cup quarter-final.

Professional boxer Kid Johnson, an American light-weight champion, was touring Ireland in 1902. In January, while at the Town Hall in Castlebar, he sparred with Darkie Barton. The Boxing World & Mirror of Life announced that Barton, an 'old man' in boxing circles, held his own, and afterwards, the pair agreed to a formal match. In September 1901, Barton had been knocked out in one minute and five seconds by Henry Brown, Liverpool's 'coloured champion'. Browne had also disposed of Johnson in four rounds.

Cherrymore Kitchen & bedrooms, who have recently launched a new range of door finishes and colours, are currently renovating their Oranmore and Castlebar showrooms with new displays offering some great new storage solutions.

The annual ATU Department of Creative Arts and Media exhibition of students’ work from of the art, design, film, and documentary undergraduate programmes will be formally opened by Lelia Doolan tomorrow, Friday, June 2, at 2pm in the Wellpark Road, Galway city campus.

On 21 September 1797, HMS Hermione was hit by a squall off the coast of Cape Nicola Mole. The storm set in motion a series of events that led to the bloodiest mutiny in British naval history. One account places Castlebar man Patrick Walsh among the ringleaders. During the storm, Captain Hugh Pigot ordered the topsails to be reefed. The topmen struggled to get it done quickly. An angry Pigot screamed—the last man down will be flogged. In the panic, three young sailors fell to their death. Pigot had their bodies thrown overboard. Two boatswain's mates were tasked with flogging the remainder of the topmen for dissent.

Good progress is being made on The N5 Westport to Turlough Road Project, members of Castlebar MD were informed this week and the completion date for the works is projected for some time in the second quarter of the year.

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