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The Ninth Annual International Gathering of the Mannion Clan is scheduled to take place in the clan’s ancestral village of Menlough in East Galway on the weekend of Friday August 12 to Sunday August 14, as National Heritage Week 2022 gets under way.

Galway-based and prominent West of Ireland barrister, Michael O’Connor, has this week been approved for the Grant of a Patent of Precedence by the Government and is to become a Senior Counsel.

As part of our Westport focused feature this week, we caught up with Westport Parish Priest Fr Charlie McDonnell 

Have you ever sat with an elderly Irish Traveller and asked them what their life was like?

Sir Stevo Timothy with his alter ego Farmer Michael makes a return to the Town Hall Theatre Galway on Saturday June 25 with tickets on sale now.

Award-winning writer, Elizabeth Reapy, has been named as judge of this year’s Wild Atlantic Words literary festival short story competition.

Patrick McDonagh from Galway was born in 1817 and married Sarah Cooney. They had a son Michael who married Peggy Wallace in 1870, and they in turn had a son Colman in 1875. He had a habit of whispering in people's ears and so became known as ‘Cogar’. In 1902, he moved from Carraroe to Galway and rented stores at the back of the Spanish Arch from Peter Greene. From there, he began to sell coal, carrying it on a horse and cart.

When the question is asked, John Mongan’s vision about what can be achieved is clear. The Olympic Boxing Club is thriving, but what can be accomplished in the coming few years?

When the question is asked, John Mongan’s vision about what can be achieved is clear. The Olympic Boxing Club is thriving, but what can be accomplished in the coming few years?

In 1912, WP Higgins, working from his base in Athenry, went to Cork city to meet Henry Ford to ask him for the Ford dealership. It marked the start of a great business partnership between a business legend and Higgins' Garage.