1.0Galway Civic Trust - Dúchas Na Gaillimhehttps://galwaycivictrust.ieDeclan O'Sheahttps://galwaycivictrust.ie/index.php/author/admin_iarla/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="DE86QiuXUH"><a href="https://galwaycivictrust.ie/index.php/2025/08/04/on-this-day-4-august/">On this Day… 4 August</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://galwaycivictrust.ie/index.php/2025/08/04/on-this-day-4-august/embed/#?secret=DE86QiuXUH" width="600" height="338" title="“On this Day… 4 August” — Galway Civic Trust - Dúchas Na Gaillimhe" data-secret="DE86QiuXUH" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://galwaycivictrust.ie/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://galwaycivictrust.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/527214121_3415110145287308_1348467188895839969_n-e1754362317126.jpg367275  By Ian Brophy On this day, 4 August, 1818, Thomas Molineaux, a black African-American bare-knuckle boxer and ex-slave, died in the Band Hall in the Shambles Barracks in Galway City. Molineaux was born into slavery in the state of Virginia in the USA in 1784, before securing his freedom […]