Galway in Days Gone By

1919 Roads in good shape The quarterly meeting of the Clifden District Council was held on Wednesday. Mr. E. J. King, J.P., Co.C., Chairman, in the chair. The County Surveyor reported that all the roads in the...

1919 Doctors’ fees Mr. P. Claffey presided at the weekly meeting of the Ballinasloe Board of Guardians held on Saturday. There also attended: Messrs. T.J. Dolan, M. Loughnane, M.N. Noctor, M. Cahill, and M.P. Kelly. Medical Officers...

1919 Transport facilities If agricultural production is to be developed in Ireland to its fullest extent, transport facilities in rural districts must be considerably improved and cheapened. The statement holds good as regards production from industries other...

1919 Speeding scandal The speed at which motors are driven through Galway is nothing short of a grave scandal. The military are the worst offenders in this respect, even when the streets are crowded, their wagons...

1919 Transatlantic flight “I’m Alcock - just come from Newfoundland.” In this cryptic sentence Capt. Alcock, D.S.G., announced to the awestricken Marconi operators on Sunday morning that he and Lieut. Arthur Whitten Brown had just arrived...

1919 Outdoor relief lists Mr. T. Conway, Chairman, presided at the meeting of the Loughrea Board of Guardians on Saturday. The Local Government Board wrote acknowledging receipt of the guardians’ proposal that the lists of persons in...