MOYLOUGH native Albert Niland has established a fan base spread across Europe but has come back to Galway to launch his new album. After wintering at home in North Galway he began work on the album with Brian Masterson of Windmill Lane Studio fame. Brian has recorded with many of the biggest names in the [...]
HELLO boys and girls, I’ve had the most wonderful couple of weekends recently out and about at the many summer shows throughout Co Galway, where there’s so much to see and do I just have to share it with you all. Last weekend, Aunt Molly and I took ourselves off to Corrandulla for the day, [...]
THE installation of interactive whiteboards and the greater use of computers is a big boost to education, especially in smaller two teacher schools such as St Kerrill’s NS, Gurteen, according to principal Ann Ward. She says that the interactive whiteboards, in particular, make it far easier for teachers in smaller schools to give greater personal [...]
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By JIM CARNEY WITH THE wind at their backs in the first half, Galway laboriously built up an interval lead of four points: 1-5 to 0-4. But in the second half, Mayo wiped out that deficit inside ten minutes, and they held their opponents to a paltry one point for the whole second period, which [...]
By JIM CARNEY Mayo ………………………. 1-12 Galway …………………….. 1-6 ONE of the worst ever defeats for Galway in the long history of this Connacht Championship “old firm” rivalry, not so much on the scoreboard as for the poverty of the Galway performance in a shockingly poor quality match at MacHale Park, Castlebar on Sunday. Credit [...]
By JIM CARNEY IT’S a source of immense pride to Tuam Rugby Club and the town that three very important, high-prestige administration posts for the new season (2011-2012) are held by Tuam men. The new President of the Connacht Branch of the I.R.F.U. is John Carr, pictured above on left; John, a native of Raphoe, [...]
By JIM CARNEY SUDDENLY, it’s a hostile atmosphere in Galway G.A.A. circles. After an inept, shockingly poor show by Galway footballers in the Connacht S.F.C. semi-final against Mayo at McHale Park, Castlebar last Sunday, the knives are out ahead of the big “back door” clash with Leinster 2010 champions Meath at Páirc Tailteann, Navan on [...]
