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Life For Rent in Connemara for Dido?
Multi-award winning songwriter Dido could be set for the quiet life in Connemara
Hospital inquiry into Connemara man’s death acknowledges ‘deficits’ in its system
A hospital inquiry into the tragic case of a Connemara man with hearing and speech problems who died while trying to find his way home from a hospital appointment has acknowledged deficits in its system.
Fr Rhatigan strikes a blow for Rome
On February 28 1879 a desperate row erupted on peaceful Omey Island, near Cleggan, Connemara. The local curate Fr William Rhatigan burst into the local Protestant schoolhouse, run by the Irish Church Mission Society, saying he was ‘in search of his straying sheep’*. An argument broke out between him and the Rev William Lindsey MacNeice, the schoolmaster. Blows were struck. Who struck the first blow will forever be in dispute. But the evidence of Fr Rhatigan’s temper and strength is testified by the fact that it took the combined efforts of MacNeice, aided by his wife, his daughter Charlotte, his young son John Frederick, and two teachers from Claddaghduff, Messrs Davis and Coursey, to force him backwards out of the schoolhouse.
The sad leaving of Mary Mally (Malley?)
The anger and violence that erupted against the Protestant Irish Church Missions and their schools and orphanages in western Connemara towards the end of the 19th century, makes for harrowing reading today.
O’Toole’s daughter banned three years for drink driving
The daughter of screen legend Peter O’Toole has been banned from driving for three years after she admitted last week to drink driving in Connemara.
Missing trawler returns safely
The missing trawler that sparked alarm when it went missing off the west coast has returned safely to Rossaveal Harbour.
A Galway Christmas book stocking
IN TIMES of recession, when uncertainty is the name of the game, there is something solid and comforting about a book. It will always be there on the shelf, a source of strength, consolation, and reassurance.
X-Factor star treasures her Galway blood
Most Irish eyes last Saturday were on Northern Irish singer Eoghan Quigg in the final of ITV show The X Factor. However, it has emerged that the eventual winner Alexandra Burke also has Irish blood coursing through her veins and has strong family connections with Galway.
Connemara murder accused remanded in custody
A 23-year-old Czech national charged with the assault and murder of a woman in Connemara last year has been further remanded in custody.
