Posts By: Josette Farrell

From CLAREGALWAY TO DUBAI – Featuring local athlete Rachel Farrell.After a brief hiatus from our BLOG entries, due to Covid-19. We hate saying it and reading it as much as you. We know almost every individual and business has it rhymed off now that any and all excuses can be just put down to…Due to… Read more »

Our sourcing policy is pretty simple really, organic always, grow it ourselves if possible, local where possible, IRISH where possible, next Europe and next further afield, never airfreighted. Simple really.I had to catch myself this week. I found myself in a high energy and high not in the best sense of the word discussion with… Read more »

Work comenced last week on the new walkway that will link Lackagh village with the Claregalway CLG pitches and their walkway at Knockdoemore Park. The interest shown on this project became particularly evident when Galway East TD Sean Canney visited the site at the weekend to acknowledge the progress made. The Galway East TD made… Read more »

~ KnockMa & The Autumnal Equinox ~The time of the Autumnal Equinox is now, and coincidentally it was traditionally celebrated in Ireland on a small mound in North Galway, better known as KnockMa. Just as Newgrange is the place of ritual significance for the Winter Solstice, KnockMa (known locally as Castlehackett Hill) was a place… Read more »

I’m just next door I stood by your bed last night; I came to have a peep.I could see that you were crying you found it hard to sleep.I spoke to you softly as you brushed away a tear,”It’s me, I haven’t left you, I’m well, I’m fine, I’m here.”I was close to you at… Read more »

Ibec launches Budget 2021 campaign  Ibec, the group that represents Irish business, today launched its Budget 2021 campaign (see document attached) at which it called on Government to ensure that emergency supports, which are due to be withdrawn from the economy in the first half of 2021, are followed by a new stage of policy measures to support… Read more »

Dear Fellow Gardeners,In September we often have the best weather but so far this hasn’t materialised – at least not in the North-West.  It seems to have been a good year for root crops though.  Our parsnips and carrots are very good.  It is too early to harvest them though if you want to store… Read more »

The death has occurred of Eugene GavinGortatleva, Claregalway, Galway / Mullingar, Westmeath 10.01.1945 – 11.09.2020 (75 years) Eugene passed away (peacefully) at home surrounded by his family. Beloved husband of Maura and father of Adrian, Damien, Deirdre, Vincent and Alan. He will be sadly missed by his wife, sons and daughter, his sister May, his… Read more »

Hospice Stories David Cribbin on Pastoral Care My journey as a chaplain in Galway Hospice has been a long and very varied one. For 20 years I was a priest in The Philippines and in Ireland. For eight of those years, I was chaplain in the Galway University Hospital and it was a role and… Read more »

 Galway Advertiser, Thu, Sep 10, 2020 In the year that is in it, when we have all been twisted and turned this way and that by the vagaries of this awful disease, there are moments which sum us up as a nation which make us smile and realise what a great little place we can… Read more »

DNA testing can help you find every person worthy of inclusion on your family tree and make sure that all that information is accurate. DNA Testing and Family Trees Nearly every school in the country gives students a family tree assignment. The idea is that they can go home and get help from their parents… Read more »