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Castledaly LGFA hosted their Annual General Meeting (AGM) in recent times with those in attendance witness to details of the club’s progression during the calendar year.

On a Sunday in March 1847, John Hogan, Secretary of the Castlebar Evangelical Relief Committee, was walking on Gallows Hill, Castlebar, when he was drawn into a cabin.

Cllr Mike Cubbard has welcomed the funding of €18,000 that will be provided by the Galway City Council to assist with the maintenance of pitches in the area.

An “in person” panel discussion will take place in the Galmont Hotel, Galway, on Thursday October 28 at 7pm, to discuss constitutional change and the ever-increasing likelihood of a border poll and Irish unity.

The 309 Connemara emigrants, selected by their local clergy as suitable for a new life in America, arrived at Boston June 14 1880, 11 days after departure from Galway Bay on the SS Austrian, an Allen Line ship. The settling of ‘The Connemaras’, as they became known, was a new venture prompted by a Liverpool priest, Fr Patrick Nugent renowned for his ‘philantropic and truly patriotic exertions to alleviate the social conditions of his fellow countrymen in England’; and Archbishop John Ireland, of St Paul, Minnesota, who was already settling thousands of Irish Catholics who were trapped in the ghettoes of New York and elsewhere, on rich prairie lands.

Audi Athlone are continuing their title sponsorship of Buccaneers Rugby Football Club for an eleventh season.

When Charles Dickens first visited the United States in January 1842, the popularity of his books was such that he was mobbed by adoring crowds, feted and dined as the major celebrity that he undoubtedly was, and was guest of honour at a famous Valentine’s Ball in New York attended by 3,000 of the city’s great and good.

The rise of Knocknacarra FC’s underage set-up continues. What started at McGrath’s Field 25 years ago or so has transformed into a hugely successful operation. Every Saturday morning at Cappagh Park during the football season is packed with action.

As a player, coach, and administrator Joe Keating has given decades of service to Galway football. Living next door to Eamonn Deacy Park means Keating remains a keen observer of the game.

The recent injunction requested by Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) on works at Lough Funshinagh could cause devastating delays for the local community, local Fine Gael Senator, Aisling Dolan, has stated.