A seanfhocal is ‘an old Irish wise saying’. We’ve selected a few common ones here, why not try use them in your day-to-day conversations? Nuair a bhíonn an t-ól istigh, bíonn an chiall amuigh When the drink is in, the sense is out Giorraíonn beirt bóthar Two shorten the road Is binn béal ina thost… Read more »
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by Jacqueline Hogge, The Tuam Herald A young man from Claregalway has addressed a UN panel of road safety experts to launch a global initiative to reduce the number of road deaths at home and internationally. Stephen Lenehan, 21, from Lakeview, was one of only three Irish Rover Scouts to attend the event in Geneva… Read more »
I recently did a charity cycle from Maynooth to Galway. It’s a really long way for an amateur to cycle, especially when you’re cycling against the wind and rain! A cycle challenge is an athletic endeavour but it is also a metaphor for life. Just as in life, the cycle is all about the journey,… Read more »
Over 25,000 kids all over Ireland have dug in and are now sowing and growing with thanks to innocent & GIY. The sow & grow project aims to get kids growing through a fun, free learning experience that will show them just how easy it is to produce their own greens and eat their crop…. Read more »
Many hundreds, young and old, gathered to pay a final farewell to popular young man Padraic O’Brien who died tragically last week. Hardly a word was spoken as thousands of people assembled at the Church of Our Lady of Knock, Lackagh for his funeral. The stunned silence that echoed throughout the area clearly demonstrated the… Read more »
Unfortunately, Donal has passed away since this interview. “A few months left, he said. There it was I was given a timeline on the rest if my life. No choice, no say, no matter. It was given to me as easy as dinner. I couldn’t believe it, that all I had was 16 years here… Read more »
The community of Turloughmore was shocked and saddened as the news spread of the tragic death of a popular young man, Padraic O’Brien, on Sunday evening. There was much jubilation in the area after Turloughmore won their first round game of the senior hurling championship and everybody was generally in a good and positive mood… Read more »
There was deep sadness as the news spread of the death of Christy Langan on Sunday morning. Christy had given a lifetime of service to Turloughmore Hurling Club and served as secretary of the club over a long period and was actively involved in the glorious halcyon days of the 60s when Turloughmore captured an… Read more »
Are you still there aflowing With Connaught blackwater you drain, That I loved so much agrowing My Clare I won’t see again. On your banks often went rambling ‘Twas mostly daydreaming in truth, Escaping during my wandering With a mind of untroubled youth.
Do you struggle with stress or sleeping difficulties? Have you decided to stop smoking or manage your diet to lose weight, but you just cannot bring yourself to really try? These difficulties might all seem different to each other and different to say, obsessive compulsive cleaning, or neatness, or someone struggling to recover from an… Read more »
A letter to our daughter on the eve of her fifth birthday that she may read when she is cancer free and living the life we have always hoped for her. Dear Lily–Mae, Tomorrow, you, our beautiful daughter and our Tiny Dancer, will turn five. We will be having a small celebration here in London,… Read more »
Every day people say I’m brave, that I’m courageous and I hate that. I’m just doing what I have to do to survive, to live another day. I had a friend, Stuart Mangan, he said he wasn’t brave because he didn’t have a choice. He didn’t have a choice to be paralysed but he chose… Read more »
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Beautiful photo taken this evening by Marie Dempsey at 7pm while saying the Rosary at the Grotto in Claregalway Church.
