Abandoned village in the frame
Lifestyle - Ruined houses on a north Connemara island that was depopulated 58 years ago this month, have been captured in a new exhibition, Inis Airc – the Inishark Project. The work was captured...
Hoping that ‘soft landing’ can ease us into Winter
Country Living with Francis Farragher
Our soft landing from our beautiful Summer of 2018 into the darker days of Winter has been jolted a little bit this week with the prospect of wetter and windier...
Galway In Days Gone By
1918
New cinema theatre
It is reported that a Dublin syndicate is being put together for the purpose of securing premises in Galway to establish a new cinema theatre on an extensive scale. It has been...
Living on the edge
Historian Diarmaid Ferriter has turned his fascination with Ireland’s offshore islands, including Aran and Inishbofin, into a captivating new book. “Island people had an extraordinary strong sense of place,” he tells Judy Murphy.
Historian Diarmaid...
Trying to avoid the lament as darker days start to call
Country Living with Francis Farragher
The arrival of October days normally sends me into a period of temporary lamentation. It’s a month that emits a series of grey and dreary messages that our season of...
Galway In Days Gone By
1918
Fiercest gale
Following the wettest month for forty years, came during last week-end the fiercest gale within living memory. On Saturday night the wind blew with hurricane force to the accompaniment of fierce showers of...