In this episode, Tom looks at Augustus John's visit to Galway ahead of the Galway Cartoon Festival where his great Galway image will be displayed. Ronnie is looking at Irish immigration to America and talks about his trip to the tenement museum in New York.
You can find the articles referenced in this podcast on www.advertiser.ie/galway:
- Augustus John’s cartoon of Galway
- Despite harrowing beginnings, the Irish in America are a success story
Read more stories from the Galway Diary with Ronnie O'Gorman on The Galway Diary.
Read more stories from the Old Galway with Tom Kenny on The Old Galway.
The Old Galway Diary podcast is available on the Advertiser Podcasts and most recently on the Galway City Museum website on a weekly basis.
It is brought to you by two of Galway’s finest writers and storytellers, Ronnie O’Gorman and Tom Kenny. Elaborating on topics they have covered in the paper in the Galway Diary and Old Galway section, and many other aspects of Galway life and history, they bring their inimitable style to allow you relax, listen and enjoy.
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