Our Annual fund raising Race Night will take place on Friday, 26th February, in the Summerfield Bar, Claregalway, at 8.30pm. This event is organised to raise some funds for our forthcoming Agricultural Show which will be on Sunday, 22nd August of this year. It is a most enjoyable night, with lots of prizes to be… Read more »
Posts By: Josette Farrell
February 1999 Special News
Happy 21st Birthday to Philip Murphy, who celebrates the big day on 5th February. (Have a good night in the Pucan, Philip). Congratulations to Tommy and Rita McHugh, Carnmore East, on the birth of their baby daughter, Eimear Ann. Congratulations also to Kieran and Michelle Finn, Gortacleva, on the birth of their little girl, Rebecca… Read more »
Follow up from Over 55s meeting held in Menlo Park Hotel in 1998
We decided to take up the offer from the Renmore Group (A.R.R.A.). They meet every Thursday at 10:30am in Liam Mellowes Memorial GAA Centre down on the seafront. We arrived to find a roaring fire blazing and paid our £1 entry fee and were immediately welcomed by about sixty young at heart elderly ladies and… Read more »
Claregalway Amenity Group February 1999 Updates
Claregalway Amenity Group was very upset to notice that the clothes bank in Dunleavy’s car park was vandalised. We believe clothes were taken out of the bank and strewn along the roadside. As a result of this, the clothes bank has been removed. It’s such a shame that such a valuable commodity was abused. The… Read more »
Compántas Lir February 1999 News
Rehearsals are at an advanced stage for this year’s production by Compántas Lir which is Poor Beast in the Rain by Irish author Billy Roche, produced by veteran and widely acclaimed producer Mike Hession. Taking part in the play this year making her debut with Compantas is Bernadette Prendergast whose voice is well known on… Read more »
Claregalway Leisure Centre February 1999 Updates
The Annual General Meeting of the Claregalway Leisure Centre takes place on Wednesday, 3rd March at 8.30pm in the Centre. Over the years, the Centre has established itself as a sporting, recreational, theatrical and meeting place for the people of Claregalway. The Centre is managed by a voluntary Committee and its continued effectiveness depends on… Read more »
R.I.P. Canon Gerard Callanan
16th February 1920–15th January 1999 Claregalway , Carnmore and surrounding areas were saddened at the death of Canon Gerard Callanan , who died after a short illness. Canon Callanan served the parish of Claregalway and Carnmore for twenty-eight years. He was instrumental in the provision of our lovely Church – the Church of the Assumption… Read more »
Claregalway Senior Citizens 1999
Claregalway Senior Citizens Committee Back L–R: Michael O’Connell, Peggy O’Connell, Ann Murphy, Bríd Davitt, Rose Kavanagh, Josie Concannon, Josephine Noone, Maura Campbell. Front L–R: Agnes Lenihan, Eileen Davin, Tess O’Connell, Carmel Madden, Michael Casserly. Missing from photo is Seamus O’Connell who was unfortunately sick.
Carnmore Hurling Club December 1998 News
The Juvenile Hurling Club held its Annual General Meeting on Monday night 23rd November 1998. It was well attended and it opened with a minutes silence to the memory of those connected with the Club, who died during the year, especially young Jason O’Donoghue, Martin Walsh, Paddy Somerville and Mattie Greaney and for all those… Read more »
St. Joseph’s Young Priests Society December 1998 News
This is a Society of lay people founded by Mrs. Taaffe (a Galway woman) in 1895. The Society fosters vocations to the priesthood and religious life by prayer and helps financially in the education of students for the priesthood. The Society works through branches. A group of people in a parish form a branch with… Read more »
Claregalway Apostolic Society December 1998 News
The Claregalway Branch of the Apostolic Society would like to thank everyone who supported them during the year, and to wish each and everyone a very happy and Holy Christmas and a New Year full of peace and blessings. This year we gave £1,310 to headquarters in Salthill. We gave 13 sets of vestments, 13… Read more »
Bruach na hAbhainn
Steeped in history, Claregalway offers a myriad of delights. We find the ruins of the picturesque Franciscan monastery which dates back to 1290. This Friary has withstood time and powerful historical upheavals such as the suppression and the expulsion of the friars by the Cromwellian troops. Close by lie the remains of Claregalway Castle which… Read more »