THE recent sudden departure of Lena Queally from our midst came as a shock to us all. Perhaps we took it for granted that she would always be there, but now we miss her constant presence. There on a sloping corner between the tranquil waters of Lough Hacket and the playing fields of Caherlistrane, where [...]
THE death occurred in University Hospital Galway on February 28, 2012, of Kitty Murphy, late of Ballygaddy Road, Tuam. Kitty spent her entire lifetime in Tuam, and all but a few short years living on Ballygaddy Road. She was the daughter of Mary (née Kennedy) and Peter Flaherty from the Brownsgrove/Cortoon area who settled in [...]
Eugene was on the cusp of forty. He had the party organised. Everything was geared towards a big shindig in Mellotte’s of The Neale on Saturday February 18. As late as Friday evening he expressed amazement to some friends that he was actually reaching this milestone in his life. He was almost there but for [...]
THE sudden death of Brendan Mannion at the early age of 54 on St Stephen’s Day caused widespread regret among all who knew him. Brendan, a native of St Enda’s Avenue, Tuam, where he lived most of his life, was taken ill at his new home at 13 Rory O’Connor Road and died peacefully on [...]
A MILLTOWN man who was loved in his adopted home of Lakeland, Florida, died suddenly at the age of 45 early on Friday January 13. Gerry McHugh was credited with helping to revitalise downtown Lakeland with the opening of his Irish Pub, Molly McHugh’s, and later the Hurricane Alley nightspot and The Gym Sports Bar [...]
THE old Irish custom of fostering is not something that died out hundreds of years ago, when the ancient Gaelic order was overthrown. It persisted well into the 20th century, and it was regarded as not being in the slightest unusual that Annie Teresa Scully was raised by her grandmother and doting aunt and uncles [...]
Mr PADDY JOE COPPINGER Lackaghbeg THE death of Paddy Joe Coppinger at his home last week caused widespread sadness in the entire area and beyond. Paddy Joe who was in his mid 80s was the main history person in the area. He was a blessed with a wonderful memory and had an extraordinary wealth of information, [...]
An Appreciation MRS NANCY FARRELL, who has died at the advanced age of 98, was born Nancy O’Brien of Carheens, Belclare, the youngest of 14 children, all of whom she survived.Bearing in mind that she was already three years of age at the time of the 1916 rising, she was to witness many great changes [...]
SHOCK and sadness were experienced by many people in Galway last week to hear of the sudden death of Hugh Conlon, Renmore. Hugh was a man of much ability despite his own disability. In his early childhood he had polio, but that did not stop him from following his dream. He went to college, became [...]
