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The road towards an All-Ireland final appearance has become longer and more testing for the Galway senior hurlers following their defeat at the hands of Kilkenny by 0-22 to 0-17 in last weekend's Leinster final.

The Stables in Mullingar, previously nominated IMRO Music Venue Of The Year for two consecutive years in 2007-08 and winner of the Hot Press special commemoration award 2008, welcomes a myriad of talented Irish musicians on Saturday, July 30.

The Galway senior hurlers were involved in yet more late dramatics last Sunday, this time coming out the right side of a controversial refereeing decision as Conor Cooney proved the hero in a one-point, 1-27 to 3-17, win over Kilkenny.

On March 2 1875, the medical officer of the Athenry Dispensary District, Dr WJ Leonard, wrote an urgent letter to the Local Government Board (LGB) in Dublin, regretting to report a ‘very bad case of smallpox’ which had come into his district the previous day. He briefly described how it was discovered:

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IT WAS in the cold, dark, early, hours of a winter morning. He ventured to the waters of the Dublin's River Liffey, "in search of his purpose in life", and there he was "approached and consoled by a friend".

Seán Ó Domhnaill All Ireland Gaelic football winner with Galway 1998 and 2001 Club: An Cheathrú Rua. Age 46.