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It is good to see the funfair being set up at the moment along the Prom, a sure sign that the summer is on the way. There has been a history of summer funfairs in Galway for well over 100 years, though they were always known here as ‘the amusements’. In the early days, the Toft family used to organise them in Salthill Park. Occasionally, the neighbours used to object to the noise and the traffic, and on at least one occasion, they were invited next door on to the site in front of Dr O’Beirne’s house (where Leisureland is today).

Some weeks ago we wrote about the virtues of country butter being sold at the Saturday Market, but it seems there were occasional vices there too. The ink was hardly dry on the paper when David Barrett sent us an account of a court case that took place at the Galway Petty Sessions in September 1910 before the magistrates Messrs J Kilbride and JS Young. District Inspector Hildebrand prosecuted Mrs Sarah Bane, Moycullen, on three different counts of selling butter that was unfit for human consumption to Kate Hoare, Mary Griffin, and Norah Joyce. Mr Cooke, from Blake and Kenny solicitors, appeared for the defence.

Get the children into the kitchen and whip up some easy goodies that all the family can enjoy as an afternoon treat thanks to Siúcra and Lili Forberg.

For a tasty dish this New Year, Helena from Evergreen tells us how to make delicious Vietnamese spring rolls.

Energy support | high in protein | all natural

If you are partial to a lobster main course and shrink away from ordering it because of the prohibitive price, you might want to check out the September offer at the White Gables. The White Gables is repeating a deal that it had last year, from now to the end of September 2011 it is offering a lobster main course, poached or grilled, for €25, available every night and perfect for a special treat.