Environment
On this Day…… 23 April
By Ian Brophy, Galway Civic Trust On this day, 23 April, 1937, a Salmon was caught in the traps on the Galway Fishery. This specimen fish weighed in at 43 lbs, was 4 Read more…
By Ian Brophy, Galway Civic Trust On this day, 23 April, 1937, a Salmon was caught in the traps on the Galway Fishery. This specimen fish weighed in at 43 lbs, was 4 Read more…
dominicansisters.com To celebrate the 800th anniversary of the arrival of Dominicans in Ireland, the Dominican sisters and friars of Galway have organised a series of talks on various aspects of the Dominican story in the Read more…
Galway County Council Galway County Council are thrilled to announce The Hare’s Corner funding scheme to support landowners and community groups across County Galway in undertaking nature-positive measures on their lands. This will be a Read more…
BY HANNAH MARTIN Galway Advertiser Fri, Mar 15, 2024 Galway’s Blue Teapot Theatre Company will represent Ireland at the BAFTA qualifying Oska Bright Film Festival (UK ), screening three self-produced films on St. Patrick’s Read more…
Herstory Following #Herstory‘s successful campaign to make #BrigidsDay Ireland’s new national holiday – the first in honour of a woman, it’s high time we make #SheelahsDay our next goddess holiday “For hundreds of years Ireland Read more…
On this day, Isabella Augusta Persse was born. She was born into wealth, her family being the wealthy Persse family, the distillers of Persse’s Galway whiskey. She was the 12th of 16 children. She received Read more…
Irish Dominicans The Claddagh in Galway City is an iconic neighbourhood, rich in history. For many centuries it was home to a large fishing community, whose story is intimately connected with that of the Dominican Read more…
On this day, or thereabouts, Patrick Conroy was born. ‘ Much folklore surrounds his life and his biographers have encountered difficulty in establishing certain facts about him ‘; this is a quote from the Dictionary Read more…
From the 15th to the 26th April, community groups across the country will be competing to reduce their carbon footprint by the largest amount. By logging daily climate-friendly actions on our specialised platform, they will Read more…
GalwayEarlyMusic1996 Captain Moreno has just arrived in Galway (his favourite city) with a load of wine. He invites you, his fellow sailor, to see a bit of the city. As you walk around the Read more…
As the upcoming referendum on March 8th approaches, we want to emphasize the paramount importance of active participation in the democratic process. The Galway Yes Yes campaign, as reflected in the sentiments expressed by its Read more…
A programme to highlight the need for greater diversity and gender equality in local government, will be delivered by the Galway County and City Women’s Caucus in the Shearwater Hotel in Ballinasloe on the 29th Read more…
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