Sandman delivers a lighter sprinkling during Summer
Country Living with Francis Farragher
Sleep is a concept that has always fascinated me whether it be the outlandishly bizarre situations I find myself in during my dream periods or the difference between having a...
Galway In Days Gone By
1917
No extra trains
In order to secure the granting of railway excursion facilities to the various seaside resorts, a deputation waited on the Chief Secretary in the House of Commons during the week on the...
Playwright shines new light on true Galway hero
Lifestyle - Dramatist Christian O’Reilly tells Dearbhla Geraghty about the man who inspired the hit film, Inside I’m Dancing and how Martin’s amazing, true story will now be told onstage
There is certainly some merit...
End of an era as bridge at Ballyglunin leaves the track
Country Living with Francis Farragher
Everything and everyone moves on, and there’s always a certain inevitability about the progress of roads and infrastructure, but yet there were many little emotional ripples last Saturday morning close...
Galway In Days Gone By
1917
Trans-Atlantic Port
Recently there has been much discussion that is public property, and more important conferences that have been conducted in private, upon the question of building a pier to Mutton Island. Mr. Binns, the...
Slave boxer who ended up penniless in Galway
Lifestyle - The fascinating story of freed tobacco-plantation slave and outstanding boxer Tom Molineaux who spent his final years in Galway is told in new film. Judy Murphy recounts the tale.
"He was the worst...