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The Galway Vindicator and Connaught Advertiser of December 24 1851 carried an advertisement which read “TO BE LET, for such terms as may be agreed upon, and immediate possession given. EARL’S ISLAND MILL AND BLEACH GREEN. These well-known concerns occupied for so many years by the late Mr Mitchell, Linen Manufacturer, Miller, Bleacher, have always been esteemed to point of situation; preferable to every other site in Galway, but the improvement made by the Board of Works under the inspection of their skilful engineer SU Roberts ... have rendered it superior to any in the Kingdom. The land will be secured against being flooded for any part of the year. The Mill Race has been changed ... the Mill Power amended and is now equal to 40 horse power. The canal between Lough Corrib and the sea leaves the lake at the very point on which the Mill stands. The layby for boats is within 20 yards of it, and the spacious quay with landing crane and every accommodation for shipping goods will adjoin.”

The following people were fined for driving without a valid tax disc at the last sitting of Kilkenny District Court:

Carlow county has been beleagured by burglaries in the last week. No less than four burglaries are being investigated by gardaí in Carlow town and Tullow. On September 11, a woman had her handbag pilfered in Cassy’s Beauty Salon in Tullow town. A total of €1,500 cash was stolen from the women’s bag in the store at around 2pm. On the same day, at St Joseph’s National School, a video recorder was taken when thieves forced a window open on the premises on St Joseph’s Road to gain entry. On Saturday, September 13 at around 3.30am, the main Post Office in Carlow town was tampered with when trespassers gained entry through an unlocked window. Though nothing was taken, gardaí are seeking anyone who has any information about the incident. Meanwhile, on Sunday evening, September 14 at around 8pm, two handbags were stolen from the kitchen of a house in Mill Race on the Old Burrin Road.