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Markets and fairs were where town met country years ago, when rural people from the hinterland came into town with their produce and sold it on the streets to the townspeople who needed it. So the city hosted cattle fairs, sheep fairs, horse fairs, hiring fairs, vegetable markets, hay markets, fish markets, sock markets, fowl markets, egg and butter markets. When the country people sold their produce, they would often spend money on necessities they could not produce at home such as flour, tea or sugar. If they did not sell, they had to return home, usually by shank’s mare, with whatever they had to sell, whatever the weather.

Following that meeting on Monday, and an early morning tour of the new Mervue HQ for journalists, nearly all councillors voted to approve an historic €60 million, 30-year loan at their July plenary meeting. This will pay for some of the fit-out of Crown Square, but there will be plenty left over for other capital projects.

An exciting opportunity has arisen in Galway city centre with the sale of a well-established licensed premises operating successfully as a going concern, offered alongside a neighbouring property in need of renovation.

AH SURE LOOK IT crafts shop based in Woodquay, Galway, will be hosting a Christmas shopping event for north Galway in Tuam, on Monday, November 18, at Ard Ri House Hotel, from 3pm to 9pm.

Harsh winter weather leads to severe famine.

The year 2021 started with offices closed and Ireland in lockdown. O’Donnellan & Joyce continued to stream its auctions live online by David Brandt Studios and used video tours of all its auction properties which enabled people to purchase homes without physically viewing them. Despite bidders not being able to attend auctions in person, this did not dampen their enthusiasm to buy and they continued to bid online and by phone to secure the property of their dreams.

Edward Eyre arrived in Galway with the Cromwellian army, became a major political figure, and secured extensive grants from the Corporation and a considerable amount of property in both the city and county, mostly from displaced Catholic families, in the period 1660 to 1670. Most of this property was outside the town walls and included areas that we now know as the railway station, Forthill Cemetery, Victoria Place, Merchants Road, the Commercial Dock, Woodquay, Suckeen, and Eyre Square.

The recent death of David Lohan has left a major vacuum in Galway, particularly in the Prospect Hill, Bohermore and Woodquay areas. He was a major presence on the streets there.

John Quinn has been instructed to offer for sale No 75 St Brendan’s Avenue, Woodquay, a three bedroom townhouse situated within walking distance of NUIG and all city centre facilities.

ODJ's ‘Wild Atlantic Way’ all-day summer auction, which will be held on Friday July 21, will bring more than 60 properties under the auction hammer.