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Around the year 1930, there were about 400 residents in Salthill and it was attracting large number of visitors and tourists who came in the summer. There was provision at the time for the building of some 100 homes. The population was growing but there was no church in the area. Any resident or tourist who wished to go to Mass had to travel into the Jesuit Church or St Joseph’s, or out west to the chapel in Barna.

The team at Galway auctioneers O’Donnellan & Joyce have been busy with viewings and preparations for their live remote bidding property auction. Set for Friday November 3, proceedings will commence at 12 noon sharp. Final open viewings took place this week in the lead up to Friday’s auction, with a range of properties for sale in counties Galway, Clare, Donegal, Limerick, Mayo, Dublin, Louth, Meath, Cork and Westmeath.

Jimmy Duggan who passed away this week at the age of 93, was once described as “the best pound-for-pound hurler in Ireland.”

The countdown is on for the highly anticipated O’Donnellan & Joyce live stream auction, happening on November 3 at 12 noon. Brace yourself for an excellent auction catalogue that promises something special for everyone.

A city couple, who set up a grotto at the end of their road, are inviting people to make time for prayer during May, which is traditionally the month of the rosary.

Preparations continue apace as Athlone Little Theatre imminently commences their 2023 season with the Brian Friel classic, 'Philadelphia, Here I Come!'.

Athlone Little Theatre commences their 2023 season with a bone fide Irish theatre classic, 'Philadelphia, Here I Come!', by Brian Friel from March 9 to 16 next.

If recent press reporting tells us anything about the state of Gaelic Football, it is that in the 138 years since the foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), none of the passion first witnessed and recorded all that time ago has receded. Games this summer exhibited all the magic, drama, and controversy first captured in reports of meetings between Mayo clubs such as Belcarra, Ballyglass, Cornfield, Carnacon, and Towerhill in the 1880s.

Under the heading ‘Panic in the town last night’ The Connacht Tribune told the story of the attack on Clifden on March 19 1921: ‘Following the shooting of RIC Constable Reynolds, and the wounding of Constable Sweeney (who was to die from his wounds some hours later), at Clifden last night, panic reigned in the town and nine of the principal houses were burned.

Bishop Michael Duignan will be installed as the new Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Apostolic Administrator of Kilfenora in a ceremony to be held at the Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and Saint Nicholas on Sunday. He will also continue to minister as Bishop of Clonfert.