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The Galway Vindicator of November 24, 1863 reported that “The completion of the Grattan Road will add much to the beauty and salubrity of the handsomest of our suburban districts. The embankment being made by Miss Grattan will reclaim 28 acres of land which is now a swamp, but which will become, with little cultivation, some of the most fertile ground in the neighbourhood. In the past season of distress, Miss Grattan has given great employment to the poor of the neighbourhood in making this road and embankment. Since June last, up to the present time, there have been over 200 labourers employed and from 12 to 14 masons regularly. It will, when finished, alter the appearance of Salthill and contribute much to make that favourite place one of the nicest locations in the kingdom”.

Being offered to market for sale by private treaty, No 127 Gleann Dara is a fantastic semidetached residence presented in immaculate condition internally and externally.

John Quinn is currently offering for sale No 13 Gleann Dara, Bishop O’Donnell Road, Galway. The property, which is in excellent condition, has a large sitting room, kitchen/dining room, utility room, four large bedrooms on the first floor, plus a main bathroom.

Two hundred years ago, in October 1826, the Warden of Galway wrote to the Superior of the Patrician Brothers asking him to send at least one Brother to Galway to take over a school which had been moved from near the Shambles Barracks to a disused barrack in Lombard Street. Brother Paul O’Connor and Brother Dawson were sent to Galway. Cash in hand was one shilling. Social conditions were very bad, but the Brothers went ahead and established the Monastery School, known as The Mon. Before the school had been a year in operation, the improvement in the youth of the city was so evident that a public meeting was held in the school to vote thanks to the teachers, “whose zeal, attention and excellent arrangements had produced such happy results”.

Galway County Council and the Irish Workhouse Centre have announced a comprehensive programme of events in the lead up to the 2026 National Famine Commemoration, taking place at the Irish Workhouse Centre on Sunday, 17 May. The Community Programme is created with support from the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport.

A young mother of two was “moving into a different league” of crime, a judge warned, when she came before her at Galway District Court on a theft charge.

On one of the most sacred nights of the Church’s year, sixteen adults were received into the Catholic Church during the Easter Vigil at Galway Cathedral.

St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church Choir have been invited to Rome to sing at some of the Eternal City’s most famous churches, including St Peter’s Basilica.

An Irish-born priest whose life transformed the care of vulnerable children has taken a significant step on the path to sainthood. Fr Edward Flanagan, who was born in the west of Ireland, has been declared “venerable” by Pope Leo XIV—a recognition by the Catholic Church that he lived a life of heroic virtue. The declaration marks a major milestone in the long process towards canonisation, leaving him two verified miracles away from being named a saint.

O'Donnellan and Joyce Auctioneers are delighted to offer for sale an attractive four-bed semi-detached in the sought-after development of Bru Na Mara at Fort Lorenzo, Galway.