Cards Back Turloughmore Hurling Club card game will return on Tuesday 1st Oct at 9pm with a prize fund of €760. Admission €10. The cards take place each Tuesday night in the Turloughmore Hurling Club Centre and all are welcome. Night for Hospice A night of art, music and dance will be held in the… Read more »
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Lackagh undertaker and community activist Frank Kearney has announced he will seek the Fine Gael nomination to stand as a candidate in the upcoming local election. Speculation had previously been rife as to who would run for the party in the Oranmore/Athenry area, following veteran Councillor Jarlath McDonagh’s decision not to seek re-election in the… Read more »
The death took place at an advanced age of Elizabeth O’Hanlon of Lackagh. Formerly Elizabeth Murphy of Ballyglass, Lizzie moved to England in her youth with her sisters, but later came home and married Lackagh native Billy O’Hanlon in 1946. Elizabeth had always an interest in sport, as her father, Walter Murphy, was a member… Read more »
In an exciting and futuristic development Galway Senator Fidelma Healy Eames has confirmed that twenty one schools across Galway city and county commence teaching Chinese language and culture classes beginning this week. ‘A mix of primary and second-level schools have committed to teaching Chinese language and culture for twelve weeks this term and twelve weeks… Read more »
A Galway based stocktaking company is set to double its workforce by the end of the year as it expands its Irish operations. Headquartered in Claregalway, Stocktaking.ie employs four full time staff and an additional 90 part-time staff throughout Ireland. The expansion plans will see the number of full time employees double to eight as… Read more »
The local group water scheme has now been taken in charge by Galway County Council. The scheme covers the areas of Turloughmore and Lackagh. The townlands of Waterview, Ballybrone, Ballyglass, Monard, part of Coolarne, Lackaghmore, Lackagh Road, Lackaghbeg, Knockdoebeg east and west, and part of Cahernahoon. Should anyone living in these areas have any issue… Read more »
People are asked to be extra vigilant with property around graveyards. Ongoing warnings are being issued as cemeteries are continuously being targeted by criminals as easy targets. Last week saw another family who visited the grave of a loved one who passed away only days earlier, return to their car and find the window broken… Read more »
The death took place at the weekend of Nonie Laffey of Lackagh. Nonie and her husband Willie moved to Lackagh in the early sixties from Currandulla where they had lived after they were married. Nonie who was a member of the Delaney family of Monard, and was hugely popular in the area. Nonie went to… Read more »
The death took place last week of Mary McDermott of Lambpark, Lackaghbeg. Formerly Mary Ryan of Peake, Claregalway, Mary worked hard on the family farm as well as in the house and rearing a large family also. Mary’s late husband Matt McDermott was a native of Dublin and inherited a substantial farm and came to… Read more »
Galway Rural Development Company Ltd is organising a short course for members of Community & Voluntary organisations in the Gaeltacht area of East County Galway. The course will take place over four weeks, one night per week from Monday 16th September (venue to be confirmed). The course will be provided free to members of community… Read more »
Preparations have taken place during the summer to get the new Secondary School for Claregalway ready for the opening on Monday September 2nd. There will be an open evening for parents, students, teachers and others on Friday August 30th. “It has been a busy time for everybody but the builders are on target to have… Read more »
The Chairman of the Galway-Roscommon Educational and Training Board (ETB), Pat Gilmore, has paid tribute to the years of work for the educational sector in Galway by Cllr Jarlath McDonagh, who has announced his retirement from politics. He says Cllr McDonagh has been most notable for his work as Adult Education Organiser for the former… 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.
