2011 Campaign Launch Night @ The Arches Hotel For Claregalway Tidy Towns On Thurs May 12th @7pm. All are welcome We need your help to make Claregalway a better place to live. Judging takes place in early June. We’re asking all residents and business’s to clean the area outside their property. This will alllow us… Read more »
Yearly Archives: 2011
Thought for the week – Ways of living a Happy Life – Ronan Scully How we achieve a happy life can be different for each us. Our expectations, life experiences, passions and even our personalities all contribute to the level of happiness we experience in our lives. Some find happiness in their careers while others… Read more »
Claregalway GAA Club are holding a Golf 4 Ball Fund Raiser at Cregmore Golf Club on Friday and Saturday June 4th and 5th to raise funds for the Senior Club. We are asking all members who play golf to support this event, also tell your friends. For Tee times and Sponsorship, please contact- Mary 087… Read more »
The ICBE Begin Again Programme was launched in 2010 and has already place over 400 unemployed people in work placements. So far, over 240 of these have now returned to employment! Galway GAA is working with the ICBE Begin Again Programme with the view to provide work placements for members of the GAA. Possible opportunities… Read more »
SuperValu North Board U-21A Championship Semi-Finals: Claregalway v Tuam Stars at Tuam Stadium on Sunday next, May 6th. at 1pm. Ref. G. Ó Dalaigh. Mountbellew/Moylough v Corofin same venue at 2.45pm. Claregalway U-21’s qualified for the 2011 Semi-final as a result of defeating Annaghdown in Annaghdown on February 13th. last. Since then, the Co. Championship… Read more »
Thought for the Week – ‘Treat others the way you would like to be treated’ I love true and inspirational type stories as they can inspire us and help us and god knows we need a lot of inspiration in our life and in our world today. The following true story will give you great… Read more »
Heartiest congrats to club player Danny Cummins and the Galway U21 footballers for their sparkling performance and victory over Cavan in the All-Ireland Final at Croke Park on Sunday last. Bonfires, joy, great pride, and the reception by Paul Gill at the Claregalway Hotel all contributed to the celebratory mood that greeted the players, mentors and… Read more »
1) ‘Giving Back to Nature’ : a celebration to mark the gift of land to Green Sod Land Trust To mark the donation of the first piece of land to Green Sod Land Trust, benefactor David Rowe, directors, volunteers and supporters of Green Sod Land Trust gathered with the local community in Red Bog, Co…. Read more »
On Sunday the 17th April the Claregalway Cub Scouts met with 11 other groups from around Galway city and county to participate in a seashore explorers hike on Flaggy Shore in Co Clare. On the day there were experts from the Marine Institute and we had access to a research lab thanks to NUIG. The… Read more »
Did you know that: Most plants have a female and male part in it’s flower. The female part is known as the ovary and the male part is the stigma. Pollination isn’t always carried out by insects—it is also done by the wind, birds and even bats! Some plants of the same species have different… Read more »
Ladies Football: Minor Ladies won the County A Final for the third year in-a-row when they defeated a very young KilkerrinClonberne Team in Corofin on Saturday last. Played in ideal conditions the Claregalway Girls dominated from the start and playing some splendid football ran out winners on a score of 5-15 to 0-3. Team.S Cullen… Read more »
Galway County Council officials have been asked to explain why they are continuing to give permission for the construction of new houses on flood plains after three Claregalway families who were forced to abandon their homes received a sympathetic hearing at the European Parliament this week. After hearing of the hardship cases endured by the… Read more »