Maree – €120,458.68 Lackagh, Turloughmore – €104,970.75 Galway West Senator, Fidelma Healy Eames has welcomed the news that funding €225 429.43 has been granted by Galway Rural Development Company (GRDC) to a number of local projects. “I am pleased to hear that €225 429.43 has been made available to local projects by the GRDC. This… Read more »
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Claregalway GAA Club are holding their second Fashion Extravaganza on Thursday, October 20th 2011 at 8.00pm in the Clayton Hotel, Briarhill. This event is to support the ongoing development of the Claregalway GAA Club. Two training pitches are now in use but there is still a long way to go and the club has embarked… Read more »
The latest in our series of wine events happens on Thursday week, 13th October at Cava Restaurant on Dominick Street in Galway Cava is now widely acknowledged as Ireland’s finest Tapas restaurant and owner-chef JP McMahon’s 5-course tasting menu for the night will focus on the hottest new trends in Spanish cuisine. These will be… Read more »
Around 20 families who were forced out by severe flooding two years ago are expected to get up to €200,000 each to buy new homes. They were among the worst affected by the floods, which damaged the homes of thousands of people around the country. They are set to get compensation to buy or build… Read more »
Michael, also known as Mickie, Hanley, Carnmore, Oranmore. Reposing at Claregalway Mortuary Chapel within the grounds of Church of the Assumption & St James tomorrow Saturday from 4pm. Removal at 6.30pm to adjacent church. Mass for Mickie Hanley on Sunday at 1.30pm. Funeral afterwards to Claregalway cemetery. Family flowers only, by request. Donations if desired… Read more »
I am writing now to you to let you know that I recently started working for the Irish charity Self Help Africa (Visit www.selfhelpafrica.org to find out more). For over 25 years Self Help Africa has been working to alleviate poverty and hunger amongst some of the poorest people on earth. It is challenging work,… Read more »
Galway County Council and WEEE Ireland will be holding a free WEEE Wagon day for Household Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment. Anything from the home with a plug or a battery will be accepted at the event. The Claregalway WEEE Wagon Day takes place on 29th September between 4pm and 7pm. See Galway County Council… Read more »
I was moved by Stephen Long’s post asking for help on locating his kin. I have never considered using this newsletter as a channel for finding relatives—the moment of eureka on doing so must have passed me by—albeit I would like to do the same. Please consider posting this in your newsletter as well. My… Read more »
A Chara, I am holding a series of clinics on next Friday 30th September. The timetable is as follows; 11.00 a.m. – Menlo Park Hotel, Galway City 2:00 p.m. – Coach House Hotel, Oranmore 3:00 p.m. – Paddy Burke’s Clarinbridge 4:30 p.m. – Arches Hotel, Claregalway
My great grandfather was Michael Long born in Galway, Ireland. I am not exactly sure where or when but potentially in the 1865–70 range. His wife’s name was Catherine Walsh, also from Galway but it is not clear if they were married before he emigrated to Boston, MA. He had two sisters, Mary and Katherine… Read more »
With the national focus on new work opportunities, South West Gnó Skillnet in conjunction with a Galway based firm are running an innovative training programme for jobseekers and the self-employed, based on building a successful business using the internet. Supported by Southwest Gno Skillnet, the training programme will take place in the Oranmore Lodge Hotel on Thursday 29 September… Read more »
By Declan Tierney, Connacht Tribune The height of a wall being constructed in Claregalway by the Office of Public Works is causing some consternation locally – it is claimed that it is blocking the view of the old Franciscan Abbey. And it has been learned that a letter has been set to the OPW from… 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.
