Galway In Days Gone By
1917
Highway robbery
On Thursday, about 5.45a.m., the mail car returning to Loughrea from Athenry was attacked and held up by two disguised men at Cottage Hill about a half-mile from Loughrea, apparently with the object...
Coming to terms with a motorway drive to Tuam
Country Living with Francis Farragher
There was something vaguely ‘not right’ about a journey I made last Thursday night, following another vain attempt to replicate the strokes of Michael Phelps at the Tuam Swimming Pool....
Appetite for change
Lifestyle - Galway chef and restaurant owner JP McMahon wants us to rethink our approach to food. As he prepares for the third Food on the Edge Symposium, he tells Judy Murphy why.
I’ve been told...
Living with the ignominy of anonymity on social media
Country Living with Francis Farragher
Technically, I am on Facebook and Twitter, but I can never seem to quite motivate myself to tell all my virtual friends that my dog has overeaten today; that the...
Galway In Days Gone By
1917
A cowardly practice
For some time past, a large number of dogs have been found poisoned in the streets of the city. Last week, a valuable dog, the property of Mr. W.E. Binns, B.E., was...
Lasting legacy
Lifestyle - New light has been thrown on the Eyre family who first arrived in Galway with Cromwell’s forces in the mid-1600s and exerted a profound influence on the county until overcome by death...