Local GP Dr. Brendan Day has been announced as the new President of the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP). Brendan studied medicine in University College Galway and graduated in 1973. He entered general practice in Turloughmore in 1979 and has been heavily involved with the ICGP since
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Aidan, Cian, Colm and Nada represented Claregalway Educate Together at the Ballybane library Table Quiz on Wednesday the 12th of May. They faced stiff competition from 15 other teams. The intrepid Claregalway team were in the lead for almost every round and faced a nail-biting tie break situation at the end. Each member’s strengths were crucial.
The 1st annual Galway Garden Festival will take place at ClareGalway Castle on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th July 2010. The Festival will be open from 11am to 6pm on both days and catering facilities will be provided on site throughout the event. Amongst those who will speak at the event are:- Dr. Matthew Jebb, Botanic Gardens… Read more »
Claregalway Educate Together has been open since 2005. Every year elections are held in October for our Student Council. Many issues are discussed and fund raising events are undertaken for local charities and for disaster hit areas of the world.
Thurs 13th May 2010 8pm in Centre Meeting Room All Welcome Claregalway Community Centre is an invaluable facility for children and adults in our community. It currently caters
Residents of An Mhainistir housing estate are invited to a meeting next Monday (17th of May) in order to establish a Residents Group. The meeting will take place in The Arches Hotel on Monday at 8:30pm. All are welcome to attend.
Andrew Lloyd Webber is not the only one looking for his “Dorothy”. Auditions for the timeless family classic The Wizard Of Oz will be held on Sunday 16th May in The Claregalway Hotel. Childrens auditions (age 10 – 15) start at 2.30 pm and adult auditions start at 3.30 until 5pm. The show contains such memorable songs… Read more »
Director: Samuel Bayer Starring: Jackie Earle Haley, Rooney Mara, Thomas Dekker, Clancy Brown Rating: 16 Freddy’s back! Well, he’s been ‘re-booted’ like so many other horror icons recently. Much like last year’s ‘Friday the 13th’, this 2010 reimagining of Wes Craven’s horror classic seeks to inject new energy into the long-running franchise.
Below is a photo from Wonder Years Montessori, where some of the children met Galway hurler Ollie Canning. He came along with the Barnardos team to commend the children in Wonder Years Montessori for participating in the Danone Big Toddle every year,and for raising money for the Barnardos Big Toddle.
Seventy County Galway children had a miraculous escape at lunchtime on Wednesday after a large truck lost control and crashed into the school yard where they were waiting to be collected by parents. The junior and senior infant students of Cregmore National School and some of their parents looked on helplessly in horror as the truck… Read more »
Galway will no longer lose musicians to other counties and countries following the setting up of Galway’s first School of Music. Galway musicians flocked to St Mary’s School in the city this week for the official launch of Galway’s first School of Music, Maoin Cheoil na Gaillimhe. A budding idea from Hugh Kelly has been transformed… Read more »
The group are the winners in the West’s Got Talent competition. They were musician Dylan Connolly, Gortbeg performing with The Interference band members Evan Barrows, Conor Brinn, Melissa Payne (Tuam) and Kevin Brennan (Claregalway).
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Beautiful photo taken this evening by Marie Dempsey at 7pm while saying the Rosary at the Grotto in Claregalway Church.
