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Dr Conor McNamara, the Athenry native who is today one of the foremost historians of modern Ireland, has been appointed Galway County Council Historian-in-Residence for 2021.

Major General Henry Tudor arrived in Galway for the weekend on April 1 1921. On Saturday morning he inspected the RIC, then made his way to Lenaboy Castle to inspect the D Company Auxiliaries.

Galway City and County gaols were built at the beginning of the 19th century on a large site which took up most of Nuns Island. Construction was conditional on a right of way, the road all around the walls, also being built. James Hardiman, the historian, described it as follows: “The Prison …. Is built in the form of a crescent …. The interior of which is divided into eight wards ….. separated by walls which form so many radii of a circle, and, terminating in the rear of the governor’s house, bringing the whole range within many of his windows, by which means he can, at a single glance, survey the entire.”

Galway have only themselves to blame for their one-point defeat to rivals Mayo in Sunday’s Connacht Final, according to manager Padraig Joyce, who said that his team were heartbroken, but were just not clinical enough when it mattered.

A Community Champion for Galway city has been appointed as part of the Government’s Covid-19 Community Outreach programme in association with The Wheel and Irish Rural Link.

THEATRE ROOM Galway is a monthly showcase of original one-act plays that are written, directed and performed by local theatre makers of all stripes, from professional to amateur.

Galway athletes and clubs enjoyed podium finishes on day one of the 2019 Connacht Cross Country Championships held on a testing course in Calry, Sligo, on Sunday.

One lucky family can win tickets to meet Santa and his merry band of elves who are looking forward to returning to Galway and meeting all the wonderful boys and girls.

GALWAY WRITER, columnist, and prize-winning playwright, Charlie Adley will host a new term of his popular Craft of Writing course in September, in the Westside Resource Centre.

One year on from repeal of the Eighth Amendment the cultural and human impact of that decision is quickly coming into focus.