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Navigating the entire length of the Grand Canyon is the theme of a talk by kayaker Jamie Donald, in An Comhlacht Forbartha, An Ceardlann, An Spidéal, next Friday, March 28.

Interested in hillwalking? Whether you are a beginner or an experienced hiker, Cumann Siúil Chois Coiribe could be the perfect club for you. Tonight you can find out.

Thrilling tales of nomadic journeys in Siberia, the Sahara, and the hazards of climbing north faces of the European Alps are among themes of a bilingual and illustrated talk which mountaineer, writer and broadcaster Dermot Somers will give on February 6 in the Connemara Coast Hotel, Na Forbacha, Co Galway.

GAA heroics

GAA heroics

In 1639, the Corporation ordered that some of the shops and buildings adjacent to the market be pulled down and “all the same be reduced into a strong sufficient stone house, covered with slate and to be underpropped with good stone pillars, whereby way through it shall be to the said church”. The proposed building was to be opposite the present Anthony Ryan’s shop and was to be a Tholsel or premises for the town clerk, for the Corporation records and for meetings of the Common Council.

Six applicants have been selected in response to Fíbín sa Taibhdhearc’s open call for creatives to perform stories of Galway past and present.

Clifden was not the only town to experience the terror of British forces running wild, shooting, and setting fire to buildings. The previous year, July 19 1920, Tuam suffered a similar experience as Clifden, only mercifully no resident was killed on that occasion.

A public meeting to press the case to name the new Salmon Weir footbridge after Julia Morrissey, one of the leading figures of the 1916 Rising in Galway, takes place next week.

A campaign has been launched to have the new Salmon Weir pedestrian and cycle bridge named after the leading female figure in Galway during the 1916 Rising - Julia Morrissey.