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We have three photographs today of the Small Crane (where was the Big Crane?), all taken about 1890 with the potato market in full swing. The market was held here regularly and was an occasion where the town met the country. Farmers from as far away as Inverin would bring their potatoes into town to sell to shopkeepers and to individual customers. The scale, which you can see in the background, was used to weigh large sacks. In some of the images, you can see potatoes stacked loosely beside the creels. The scale was kept steady by large rocks. Some of the farmers are resting on sacks of potatoes while waiting for customers.

To some, it might seem almost bordering on blasphemy to suggest that a business, just like Jesus, was born in a stable and went on to conquer the world. Yet that is precisely the remarkable story of John F. Concannon and JFC Group — a global manufacturing success that had its unlikely beginnings in a humble cow shed on a farm in Kilconly, North Galway.

With barbeque season well and truly here, safefood is encouraging home cooks to ‘trust the meat thermometer’ this summer and make sure they cook their BBQ meats like burgers, chicken and sausages to 75 degrees Celsius and enjoy the safest and tastiest food.

An online petition has been set up urging changes to be made to the Salthill cycleway so that it does not make beach access more difficult for people with disabilities.

Martin Keaveney has returned with a new novel just in time for Christmas. Tommy O’Toole is a talented adolescent from a village at the centre of isolated bog swamps known as the ‘Mackon Country’. He lives in a mobile home with his father Joe who dreams of completing a half-built house in the field nearby.

If you are seeking stylish ways to keep warm during the brutal winter months without looking like a walking sleeping bag, look no further.

John Quinn has just received instructions to offer No 103 Ros Ard for sale. This lovely two bedroom semidetached residence is situated on an end site, with a large side entrance, beautiful sitting room, kitchen/dining room with tiled floors, double glazing, a lovely bathroom, and excellent decor throughout.

Almost half of home workers admit to working more at weekends than pre-lockdown while 71 percent say they struggle to make the weekends feel different from Monday to Friday, according to new research by Bord Gáis Energy.

Right Price Ink and Office Supplies is 13 years in business on Dominick Street in the sale of printers, inkjets and toner cartridges.

Right Price Ink and Office Supplies is 13 years in business on Dominick Street in the sale of printers, inkjets and toner cartridges.