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Australia offered some relief for Famine orphan girls

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The extreme winter conditions of 1846/47 exacerbated the mounting crisis that the Great Famine had already created. The number of deaths from hunger in Galway town averaged between 25 and 30 a week. As well as the main workhouse on Newcastle Road (now the University College Hospital) auxiliary workhouses had opened at Barna, Newtownsmyth, Merchants Road, St Helen Street, and in Dangan. Six soup kitchens operated throughout the town feeding some 7,000 people a day and more as newcomers streamed in from rural districts. On one bitterly cold morning two children were found frozen to death on High Street. Another child dead nearby.

Gluten free roadshow to take place in Galway this Saturday

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A food fair with a difference will take place in Galway this weekend. As the name suggests, all foods showcased at the 'Ballynogluten' event at The Ardilaun Hotel will be gluten free.

Food fair for coeliacs

A food fair and afternoon tea to support coeliacs will be held in Galway on Sunday.

Coeliac Society western branch to hold Christmas lunch next week

The western branch of the Coeliac Society of Ireland will hold its annual Christmas lunch on Sunday December 8 at 12.30pm in The Twelve Hotel, Barna.

Coeliacs in Ireland get their first guide to eating out

Gluten Free Ireland, a pioneer website for people with Coeliac disease in Ireland has just published their first book, the Gluten Free Ireland Eating Out Guide 2013.

Coeliac Society western branch Summer Barbecue and Food Fair 2012

The western branch of the Coeliac Society of Ireland is holding a Summer Barbecue and Food Fair on Sunday, June 10, 2012 from 12.30pm to 4.30pm at The Twelve Hotel, Bearna village, Galway.

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Coeliac Society to host gluten-free festive lunch

The western branch of the Coeliac Society of Ireland will hold a festive Christmas lunch on Sunday December 12 in The Twelve Hotel, Barna (www.thetwelvehotel.ie).

Coeliac Support Group

The Mayo Coeliac Support Group meeting will be held on Monday October 10 at 8pm in Le Chéile Family Resource Centre, Tucker Street, Castlebar.

Half of Kenya’s drought-hit children ‘eat nothing in a day’

Nearly half the children surveyed in drought-hit northern Kenya had eaten no food for a whole day – with those separated from their parents faring even worse, shocking figures reveal.

 

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