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The Galway Electric Light Company was set up by James Perry, an engineer and County Surveyor of the Western District of Galway, and his brother, Professor John Perry, to generate electricity. On November 1, 1888, they applied for permission from the Galway Town Commissioners to ‘erect poles in some parts of the town as an experiment for the electric lighting of the town’. The company had established a generating station at Newtownsmith in an old flour mill which had existed since the 1600s and straddled the Friar’s River. They installed a hydroelectric turbine in the watercourse which was linked to a generator producing alternating current.

Shauna Ridge of the Independent Ireland Party has decided to not hang election posters for her campaign. Instead, she has chosen to donate the money that would have been used to charity.

The Galway City Council has failed to implement its own anti-racism motion which councillors unanimously approved two years’ ago.

On the 1651 map of Galway, Bohermore is shown as running from The Green (Eyre Square) to the present Cemetery Cross where the ‘Old Gallows’ was located. There was also a gallows ‘where justice is executed’ near the Green. To the left and right of Bohermore, the land was known as St Bridget’s Hill and the region around Prospect Hill was known as Knocknaganach (Cnoc na Gaineamh), the Sandy Hill.

Galway's newest hotel, the Dean Galway is to create up to 50 new jobs when it opens next month.

The number of speeding offences in Galway city has risen, according to a Garda report, for the first 10 months of 2020.

Every so often a property comes to the market that is so different it has everyone talking about it. This is certainly the case with No 9 Sáilín beside the g Hotel on the Dublin Road, which Colleran auctioneers has just placed on the market for sale.

Colleran auctioneers have just been favoured with the sale of No 258 Laurel Park, Newcastle. Bungalows this close to the city centre are difficult to find in Galway, but what sets this home apart is that it is tucked away in a small cul-de-sac of detached bungalows on an elevated site with lovely views over the city's skyline.

Colleran Auctioneers is offering for sale by auction this bright, spacious, secure first floor two bedroom apartment in turnkey condition at No 7B Laurel Park, Newcastle. Maintained in excellent condition throughout, it is ready for immediate occupancy.

Colleran auctioneers have just been favoured with the sale of No 258 Laurel Park, Newcastle. Bungalows this close to the city centre are difficult to find in Galway, but what sets this home apart is that it is tucked away in a small cul-de-sac of detached bungalows on an elevated site with lovely views over the city's skyline.