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Markets and fairs were where town met country years ago, when rural people from the hinterland came into town with their produce and sold it on the streets to the townspeople who needed it. So the city hosted cattle fairs, sheep fairs, horse fairs, hiring fairs, vegetable markets, hay markets, fish markets, sock markets, fowl markets, egg and butter markets. When the country people sold their produce, they would often spend money on necessities they could not produce at home such as flour, tea or sugar. If they did not sell, they had to return home, usually by shank’s mare, with whatever they had to sell, whatever the weather.

A generation after their famous European exploits on GAA pitches at An Cheathrú Rua and Ballinderreen, Galway United are on course to line out in the home of Galway GAA, Pearse Stadium.

Galway took centre stage in the national education debate this week as the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) held its annual Congress in the city, drawing hundreds of delegates from across the country alongside the Minister for Education and Youth, Helen McEntee.

The 86th Galway Bridge Congress is scheduled for this weekend, February 14-16 at the Ardilaun Hotel in Galway. This esteemed event offers a comprehensive range of competitions catering to all skill levels, ensuring both seasoned and emerging players can participate.

To understand the love between the seller of a book and the person who covets it, we have to look to the fictional characters of the famous JR Hartley (from the 1980s Golden Pages ad) or Helen Hanff from the classic 84 Charing Cross Road.

This weekend sees the return of the previously traditional Galway ‘Easter’ Bridge Congress. Now in its 85th year, this year’s event will be held at the Clybaun Hotel, Knocknacarra, Galway (T: 091 588088 E: [email protected]) from tomorrow Friday 29 March – Monday 1 April inclusive.

Atlantic Technological University (ATU) is from today hosting the 10th International Congress on Architectural Technology (ICAT) Conference at its Galway (Dublin Road) campus.

The colourful look back on the year of sport in Galway by Ralph O'Gorman has become an iconic part of the New Year's reflection on the event on and off the field and tracks over the past twelve months. Enjoy.

There were a number of aspects to the market in Woodquay in the 19th and early 20th centuries – there was a crane for weighing potatoes at the end of the park (near the toll booth) and it was there many of the farmers who carried their wares downriver used to gather to sell. Other groups would congregate here to sell scollops for thatching houses, ‘flexible sticks’ cut from hazel trees. These were very much in demand in the city area as so many houses were thatched in those days including in Woodquay. Also in that area you would find basket makers who would weave creels, ciseáins, skibs and baskets of many shapes and sizes for sale to the public.

University of Galway’s Professor Peter McHugh picked up the ‘Conference Ambassador of the Year’ honour at Fáilte Ireland’s Conference Ambassador Recognition Awards for his exceptional efforts in going above and beyond in his role as a Conference Ambassador, bringing the 11th European Solid Mechanics Conference to Galway in 2022.