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In the 1940s the seeds of great social change were sown in Ireland; Irish society began to “feel the full force of the cold blast of social change”. In 1940s Ireland, the State gave no assistance to the out-of-school education of young people. The need to provide social and recreational activities for young people was enormous. The Jesuit Community responded to this need by setting up Our Lady’s Boys Club in 1941, which began to provide organised recreational activities to the youth of Shantalla, Bohermore, Claddagh and ‘the West’.

Senator Seán Kyne has welcomed the granting of planning permission for a new school building for Scoil Mhuire, Moycullen. The application has been confirmed by Galway County Council following the submission of further information by the Board of Management.