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New Glasgow Celtic exhibition opens in Straide

A new exhibition exploring the strong links between one of Mayo’s greatest patriots and the birth of Glasgow Celtic Football Club has opened at the Michael Davitt Museum in Straide.

Christmas carol singing

A Christmas carol singing event will take place in the County Library, Castlebar on Friday December 21 at 2pm.

The Vincent de Paul Society, Galway’s oldest charity?

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Today’s photograph was taken about 100 years ago and shows part of St Augustine Street. In the foreground is Hynes’ retail shop. Hynes’ were major importers and had a yard and warehouse on the docks, so they could unload imported cargo directly from the ship across the street into the yard. The shop sold all kinds of hardware and builder’s materials. The shop has gone now and is replaced by what is known as the Hynes Building which houses the County Library and various offices.

Thousands flock to county town for Heart of Castlebar street festival

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An estimated 10,000 people descended on Castlebar for day three of the inaugural Heart of Castlebar - Féile Sráide ‘Croí Chaisleán an Bharraigh’ last Saturday. The three-day event provided a massive economic boost to the county town where shoppers were told by Taoiseach Enda Kenny to support their local businesses.

Fionnuala Kenny adds Oh La La to French-themed book launch

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A debut novel by the daughter of a Mayo man will be launched in Castlebar this month by Fionnuala Kenny, wife of the Taoiseach, Enda Kenny.

Fionnuala Kenny adds Oh La La to French-themed book launch

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A debut novel by the daughter of a Mayo man will be launched in Castlebar this month by Fionnuala Kenny, wife of the Taoiseach, Enda Kenny.

Cost-cutting measures to slash County Council bills

A radical re-examination of everything that takes place in Mayo County Council is currently underway in a bid to turn the authority into a lean, mean, cost-effective operating machine.

Kenny makes donation of Parliamentary Debates to County Library

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Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny has donated his personal collection of parliamentary debates to Mayo County Library. The bound Volumes of Dáil debates contain the official transcript of Dáil Éireann since the late 1970s as well as records of many interesting debates from the Dáil chamber over the years. The donation represents a genuine effort to make Parliament more accessible to the ordinary public and records will be completely accessible to the public in Castlebar Library. The debates contain the contributions of the various Teachtaí Dála who have represented the Mayo constituency and former constituency of Mayo West over the past three decades.

 

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