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Galway In Days Gone By
1917
Big Galway fire
One of the biggest fires that has occurred in Galway for a number of years took place in the early hours of...
Galway In Days Gone By
1917
Annual TB report
The annual report of the Tuberculosis Medical Officer for Co. Galway for the year ending April 31 is deserving of more than...
Galway In Days Gone By
1917
Britain’s best pickpocket
As a well-groomed man was entering a first-class carriage of the mail train at Galway station last evening, a plain clothes constable...
Galway In Days Gone By
1917
Shocking drowning
A shocking drowning tragedy occurred off Salthill, resulting in the death of a young man named Joseph McDermott (aged about 28), whose parents...
Galway In Days Gone By
1917
A courageous act
Eye witnesses of the incident are loud in their praise of the action of Constable Carragy, of Eglinton-st. barracks, who on Saturday...
Galway In Days Gone By
1917
Decrease in serious crime
Speaking from the official document furnished to him by those in command of the police, “who, of all others, have the...