ABBEYKNOCKMOY’S set dancers won two All-Ireland titles at the Fleadh Cheoil in Co Cavan the weekend before last. In the 12-15 category, the dancers beat off stiff opposition against seven groups to take the title and win the Rose Kelly Perpetual Shield. The winning team comprised of Lorna Devane, Eilis Dempsey, Julie McHugh, Zoe Conneely, [...]
IF MORE passers-by than usual stop to gaze in the windows of the Bon Bon at Lár na Cathrach, Abbey Trinity, it’s because there is more than the usual mouth-watering display of chocolates to lure them. A display of photographs of local girls in bridal and occasion wear is attracting admiring glances. *****You need to [...]
By SIOBHÁN HOLLIMAN CONFUSION is adding to Tuam’s traffic chaos with the situation only expected to get worse and further frustrate motorists this week with the return of school run traffic at peak times. Unforeseen problems have meant that the first partial closure of Bishop Street has taken a lot longer than expected and the [...]
ONE of three new consultants recently appointed at Galway University Hospitals (GUH) is Dr Ruth Gilmore, Consultant Haematologist, who is a native of Moylough. The other two new consultants are Barna native Ms Orla Young, Consultant Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) Surgeon and Ms Deirdre Jones, Consultant Plastic Surgeon who is from Tulsk in Co [...]
By TONY GALVIN GALWAY City Council’s plan to replace most of the city’s major roundabouts with traffic light controlled junctions will be an absolutely disaster for the county and a decision they will live to regret when the traffic chaos the move will cause becomes evident. This is the view of Claregalway-based TD Noel Grealish [...]
THE blessing of an altar that has been built in the shadow of the historic round tower at Kilbannon Cemetery will take place during the annual cemetery Mass there this Sunday at 6 pm. The new altar was constructed by a number of local people and it is a stone structure with a polished marble [...]
GRAVES have been desecrated and statues stolen in what locals have described as “a vile act of vandalism” at Lackagh Cemetery. *****You need to be logged in to see this part of the post. Login using the box in the sidebar. Not registered? Click here to register*****
By TONY GALVIN TUAM has achieved the top rating of Clean to European Norm classification in the latest Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) survey and the town is now ranked as one of the cleanest in the country. There had been concerns that the disruption associated with the Big Dig might have lost the town [...]
By SIOBHÁN HOLLIMAN PLANS for the West of Ireland’s first green graveyard have suffered a setback with a refusal of planning permission, but a fresh attempt will be made in the coming weeks to establish an eco-friendly cemetery on part of the Castlehackett House estate in Belclare. *****You need to be logged in to see [...]
By SIOBHÁN HOLLIMAN THE huge success of the Joe Dillon photo exhibition held in Tuam’s Town Hall on Saturday has led to the organisers promising to hold the event again. An estimated 1,000 people viewed the impressive exhibition featuring old photographs of Tuam, its industries and people during the 1960s, 70s and 80s.*****You need to [...]
