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Claregalway/Carnmore G.A.A. Weekly Lotto Jackpot €4,300. Draw Results for 20th Aug 3 17 24 25. No Jackpot Winner Match three Winners Catherine Collins Carnmore, Mary D Concannon Monteach Weekly Sellers Prize: Shaun Killilea €2.00 per panel or 3 panels for €5.00 Win or share €200 for match three. Last draw was in Egan’s… Read more »
Do Words Really Matter? August 24, 2018 I received this beautiful email from a lady yesterday and it made me realise that in sharing my story, it is having an impact on other people’s lives in a positive way. “I heard you speaking on Dublin City FM with Danielle a couple of weeks ago and… Read more »
Ivan Yates August 25 2018 2:30 AM Make no mistake, the arrival of Pope Francis today and his whirlwind visitation will be an outstanding success. Historic. Inspirational. It’s certain, because of the nature of the man himself and the scale of the event. Sometimes you meet a religious person in whom… Read more »
Healing from Stage 4 Cancer MAIREADMCWELLNESS Limbo Limbo. Here again. It’s different this time, calmer. The water isn’t as choppy. Last time I was here, I was on a row boat, far out at sea without oars. It was cloudy, dark and cold. I couldn’t see land and the boat rocked so hard I had to… Read more »
There’s one thing I can’t help but notice since I’m back in Ireland for summer and that is the emphasis on ‘amazing’. It seems, grand, fine and just alright no longer exist and everything from a burger to a minibreak is…..amazing. Talk to anybody about a night out and they’ll tell you the meal was… Read more »
Halfway through our stay back home and the results of being around extended family are evident. The kids go to mass with Granny, tend the garden with Grandad, go with aunty Claire to the Pet Farm with Uncle Sean to the match and so on, over the course of the summer their circle triples in… Read more »
The death has occurred of Mary HESSION (née Rabbitt) Rathfee, Turloughmore, Galway Mary Hession (nee Rabbitt), Rathfee, Turloughmore, Co Galway. August 3rd 2018. Peacefully in the care of her loving family. Predeceased by her husband Owen, son Patrick, sister Nonie and brother Tony. Much loved mother of Marie, Micheal, Breeda, Deirdre and Fiona. Deeply regretted… Read more »
Help me make it through the week BY DECLAN VARLEY Galway Advertiser, Thu, Aug 02, 2018 1 I’m here so I am, like. I’ve landed. Free as a bird. As free as that Clare fella Colm Galvin swapin’ up all that Galway has to throw at me …coming here thirty year or more, so I am,… Read more »
By Anthony Previte, Former Archdeacon of Tuam We have a facility of huge potential for Galway City and County which is now lying idle. After many years of hard work it cost ca €3.3m to build and was ultimately completed in 1987. It was recently bought by the City/County Councils for €1.1m and is now… Read more »
Next Monday will see a very special charity football match in Claregalway, staged in aid of the Bone Marrow for Leukaemia Trust, organised by local footballer Mark Walsh, who has recently benefited from its facilities. https://www.facebook.com/bonemarrowtrust/ The game will take place next Monday at 2pm in Lakeview between Claregalway Junior A team and Claregalway Junior B… Read more »
Dear Fellow Gardeners, I hope that everyone in Ireland has got sufficient rain by now. We were much luckier up here in the North West. We also had a long dry period and the grass and crops slowed down a bit but it was nothing compared to what I’ve seen throughout the country. I’ve seen… Read more »
The death has occurred of Olive FITZGERALD (née Quirke) ‘Sunbury’, Cregboy, Claregalway, Galway / Shannon, Clare / Thurles, Tipperary (formerly Shannon, Co. Clare and Thurles, Co. Tipperary) (peacefully) following a short illness in the loving care of her family; beloved wife of Allan Smith and the late Dick FitzGerald and much loved mother of Terri,… Read more »
Beautiful photo taken this evening by Marie Dempsey at 7pm while saying the Rosary at the Grotto in Claregalway Church.
