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After Christmas and New Year’s festivities, most of us make resolutions in good faith of improving our health, fitness and nutrition. If you have decided to adopt a more healthy lifestyle in the new year, concentrate on sticking with it. You know maintaining good health requires a balanced diet with regular physical activity, month after… Read more »

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As we depart October and the brilliance of the kaleidoscopic autumnal leaves as they fall, the emphasis changes towards berries, stems, evergreens, conifers and heathers. In November in the garden, nothing can compare with the vast number of trees and shrubs that are laden with berries at this time of the year. Even though there… Read more »

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Once there were two women who never knew each other. One you do not remember, the other you call mother. One gave you nationality, the other gave you a name. One gave you the seed of talent, the other gave you aim. Two different lives shaped to make your one. One became your guiding star,… Read more »

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Claregalway Leisure Centre indoor season is well under way, with all Saturday Sessions and most of the evening sessions being fully booked up. A very limited number of hours are still available. Anyone interested in making a booking should telephone the Centre at 798371 (Mon–Fri, 6–10pm). At present Basketball, Badminton and Indoor Soccer are the… Read more »

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Junior Badminton continues on Tuesday nights 5.30–8.30pm. 5.30–6.30pm beginners and new members. Children wishing to join the Club must be over 7 years of age. All membership fees will be collected in the Community Centre on Tuesday 10th October between 5.30 and 8.30. The amount payable is £25. This includes B.U.I. Insurance, Registration, shuttlecocks, Hall… Read more »

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It was Tuesday, August 1st and at 4 o’clock we left Salthill for Dublin Port. We left the Port at 9 o’clock and arrived in Holyhead shortly after 12. Then we had a 5 hour bus drive to Huddersfield. We were to play in an international tournament—The Yorkshire Cup. That first night we didn’t do… Read more »

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For two or three weeks prior to the All-Ireland Football Final my Dad had searched for tickets but had no success. On the Friday before the match Dad came home from work and still had no tickets, so we decided to watch the match on the television. Dad was reading the paper and saw a… Read more »

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Carnmore Ladies Club have concluded their busiest year to date with varied courses, including art classes, aqua aerobics, computer training and crafts. Their activities included outings to the theatre, social evenings, annual children and senior citizens Christmas parties. The club is indebted to the V.E.C. through Conor Morris for the generous grant of £3,000. Conor… Read more »

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Carnmore Senior Hurlers bowed out of the Senior Championship race at a wet and windy Athenry pitch on Sunday afternoon, 1st October having won all their group matches, they went on to beat Castlegar in the quarter final and faced All Ireland Club champions, Athenry, in the semi-final. Athenry’s strength and ability proved too dominant… Read more »