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How one family's journey 'From Briarhill to Brooklyn' inspired a novel

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Nearly two centuries after the Bodkin family embarked on their famine era journey to the United States, their descendent Jack Bodkin returned to Briarhill, driven by the desire to find the ancestral family home. In this article, Bodkin recounts the experience, his connection to the area and how his family's story inspired his novel, 'Briarhill to Brooklyn'.

Bedbound — a masterpiece in tension

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Bedbound does not do sugar-coating — Right from the outset, we become fellow-bedmates of this sad duo. The set when it is exposed to us dramatically is the claustrophobic world inhabited by a father and daughter trapped in a tiny bedroom with life-stained walls.

Bedbound — a masterpiece in tension

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Bedbound does not do sugar-coating — Right from the outset, we become fellow-bedmates of this sad duo. The set when it is exposed to us dramatically is the claustrophobic world inhabited by a father and daughter trapped in a tiny bedroom with life-stained walls.

Galway native Mad Yolk farmer proves big hit on Stateside dating show

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Galway farmer Brian Dilleen is well known to people in Galway as the man behind the Mad Yolk ethical farm that sells delicious pasture-raised eggs at markets across the west.

The end of the line

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Fifteen years before the Galway-Clifden railway started, the first light-rail track laid in Galway was the tram service to Salthill. For more than 39 years a series of horse-drawn trams ran from the depot in Forster Street, along the east and south sides of Eyre Square, heading west through Shop Street and Dominick Street, over the bridge, and along the Salthill road. Then it was in the countryside with open fields and thatched cottages. The line came to an end at the Eglinton Hotel (now a hostel), where the horse was switched to the other end of the tram for the return journey. The Eglinton became Europe’s most westerly tram terminus.

Government coalition formation sealed as historical Athlone tome published

Well, it looks like we’ve come to the end of the road at the moment of the negotiations between Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, and the Green Party.

Athlone Film Club presents The Salesman

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Athlone Film CLub's season continues with The Salesman, showing at The Dean Crowe Theatre on Tuesday February 13 at 8pm.

Dublin in twelve hours, and that is a promise

Through the years of kingdom, empire, dominion, republic and continental union, County Mayo has retained the rarely advantageous honour of being among the most westerly outposts of each political entity. The county's distance from the heart of government and its demanding terrain seriously hampered any mode of movement, in and out of Mayo. At the passing of the Acts of Union in 1800, the Crown accepted that responding to sporadic violent opposition to the legislation would be difficult considering a regiment on foot would take six days to travel from Dublin to the west. Correspondence between the British authorities in Dublin and their surrogates in Mayo would therefore be all the more urgent. However, at this time, it took the swift mail coach, running through the night, more than 30 hours to reach the county capital. Logistical challenges existed too for the movement of produce and for travelling men of business. Any coach journey covering 60 miles a day was considered efficient. To reach even Mayo's eastern border by coach from Dublin would have taken two days with good conditions. Land transport, at the turn of the 19th century, was undependable and slow. As a result, long distance travel on the part of most people was simply not undertaken due the many obstacles it raised. 

New Seat showroom in Galway

Seat becomes the latest automotive manufacturer that Monaghan & Sons will represent across Galway.

Moving with the times: Centrepoint Autos set to launch its new Car Search App

Centrepoint Autos, Athlone, is all set for the launch of its new Car Search App for mobile devices. The app is due to go live in the coming weeks.

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