The Tuam Herald January 26th

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Herald Extra January 26th 2012

Letters to the Editor

The Cortoon Hall stage Dear Editor, Thanks so much for affording me space to reply to a letter which appeared in your widely read newspaper of January 12. It beats me how a man could say in that edition that I, the writer of the letter entitled Christmas in Cortoon, was at least uninformed or [...]

Ireland is now little more than a Troika experiment in social Darwinism

By Tony Galvin IT’S beginning to dawn on me why the Troika is always so happy with us. Here we are, watching one of the hallmarks of a civilised society — caring for those least able to care for themselves — being whittled away cut by cut, and with each slice of the knife the [...]

Omnibus – A master of his art

CALL ME OLD-FASHIONED, but one of the attributes I admire most in anyone is skill. There is great pleasure in seeing, as I have recently, a delicately made joint in a simple wooden shelf, so fine that it cannot be detected by touch. Or a piece of ironwork, forged and wrought into something both beautiful [...]

A massive boost for Connacht rugby

By JIM CARNEY FROM a dynamic display, but a 25-17 loss to top English Premiership club Harlequins first time out at The Stoop, Twickenham, the lionhearted men of Connacht got their due reward when the sides met in the return Heineken Cup fixture at Galway Sportsground last Friday evening. And in an electric atmosphere, Eric [...]

Good preparation for trip to Derry in the N.F.L.

By BILLY COSS Galway  4-9 Sligo 0-12 THREE first-half goals, including two from corner-forward Michael Martin, set Galway on their way to a comprehensive nine-point win over a vastly under-strength Sligo in both sides’ final FBD Connacht League outing, at Tuam Stadium on Sunday. Despite a narrow defeat to I.T. Sligo on Saturday, NUI Galway [...]

Croke Park for Clonbur and Davitts footballers

A MAGNIFICENT achievement for two Connacht teams to qualify for the All-Ireland Club Football Championships’ double-bill of finals at Croke Park on Sunday, February 12th. In the semi-finals last Sunday, Cumann Peil Naomh Pádraig, An Fhairche (Clonbur) had a surprisingly easy win over the Meath and Leinster champions in the All-Ireland Junior semi-finals, while North [...]

Brave men of Ballygar died with their boots on

By JIM CARNEY Ballyragget …………………………………….0-17 Ballygar ………………………………………….1-10 IGNORE that scoreline: Galway’s worthy representatives in the All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship semi-final at MacDonagh Park, Nenagh on Sunday were agonisingly close to a sensational upset — and a coveted ticket to Croke Park for next monnth’s final against Cork and Munster champions Charleville. Sure, they looked [...]