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From spellbinder to outsider
Being an altarboy was the nearest we got to showbusiness in South Mayo in the 1970s — The rota for an altar boy in those days would be one week doing Last Mass, one week doing Second Mass, and the third week doing First Mass which would also mean you were on duty for the daily morning and evening masses for the week ahead. The week when you were on fulltime was great as it felt like a night’s run in the Gaiety.
Beethoven
THESE JANUARY days may be cold and wet, grim and grey, but Music for Galway’s aptly named Midwinter Festival can be relied upon to spread cheer and warmth on the weekend of January 25 to 27.
Driving on the left – we’re right and everyone else is wrong
That fellow Napoleon has an awful lot to answer for. Not satisfied with conquering the whole of Europe he has left a legacy that divides us from the Continent and indeed from most of the world.
Driving on the left – we’re right and everyone else is wrong
That fellow Napoleon has an awful lot to answer for. Not satisfied with conquering the whole of Europe he has left a legacy that divides us from the Continent and indeed from most of the world.
Áras Inis Gluaire
An exhibition by Ceara Conway will open tonight (Friday November 2) in Áras Inis Gluaire at 7.30pm.
The Roman Empire explored
The second in a series of history lectures at Claregalway Castle will take place on Saturday.
NUIG to host an evening with Professor Hubert McDermott
NUI Galway’s Midlands Alumni Club will be hosting an evening with Professor Hubert McDermott on Wednesday October 24.
‘Follow your heart’, says ninety year-old priest who still works fulltime
Seventy-six years ago Fr Sean Kilcoyne first thought of becoming a priest. He was in secondary school in Castlebar and wondered what it would be like to be a man of the cloth.
Pressure on silenced cleric to retract outspoken views
An Athenry cleric who was placed under investigation and silenced by the Vatican earlier this year for his outspoken views is now being put under further pressure to sign retraction documents.
Late PJ Morley praised as a decent and modest man by Fianna Fáil leader
The late PJ Morley (81) was laid to rest in Knock cemetery on Wednesday afternoon last after his funeral mass. Mr Morley served as a Fianna Fáil TD for 20 years from 1977 to 1997 for the Mayo East constituency and was one of the driving forces in securing Government backing for the construction of Knock Airport in the 1980s. He died at Mayo General Hospital last Sunday following a short illness and is survived by his immediate family, wife Mary, sons Enda, Patrick, and Brian and daughter Cathy; his sisters Mary, Rene, and Bridget.
