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Greene and Walsh win gold at national athletic event
Galway’s top young athletes excelled at the National Junior and U23 Indoor Championships in Athlone IT on Sunday.
‘Muishe, is it yourself that’s in it, Mr O’Brien?’
Liam Ó Briain, professor of romance languages UCG, was arrested by the Black and Tans on November 21 1920. He was taken to the RIC barracks, at that time in Dominick Street, and then up to the army barracks at Earls island, where he was identified. Other men arrested stood in line. They were watched by ‘pompous young officers’ who, with ‘a hand on their guns’ ‘sniggered’ at the standing prisoners. They went up and down pulling hands out of their pockets. Ó Briain, in his recently published essays on his experiences,* did not sound too concerned. He was well known to the police authorities. Because of the murder and mayhem during the week of his arrest, he must have been expecting to be picked up.
Grief and despair on Galway streets November 1920
Sunday November 21 1920, known as ‘Bloody Sunday’, marked one of the most significant events in the Irish War of Independence. The day began with an IRA operation, organised by Michael Collins, to assassinate the so called ‘Cairo Gang’ - a team of undercover British agents, working and living in Dublin. IRA members went to a number of addresses, and shot dead 14 people including nine army officers.
League defeat avenged as Buccaneers exit Bateman Cup at semi-final stage
CITY OF ARMAGH 29 BUCCANEERS 13
European rugby action returns to the Sportsground
The stakes are increasing as the penultimate European pool fixtures take place this weekend, and the Sportsground will host a key game when Sale arrive in Galway on Saturday (3pm).
Last gasp Connacht Senior Cup triumph for Buccaneers
BUCCANEERS 16 CORINTHIANS 14
TG4 series on seven families and their Galway hookers starts tonight
On the western edge of Europe, there is a unique maritime culture that depended and fought with the wild Atlantic Ocean. The indigenous boat, the Galway Hooker, has sustained this poorest of communities, and a new generation of the same mariners continue to sail by the shores of Conamara, now competing to become champions of the Galway Hookers Association Racing League.
Buccaneers aspire for provincial glory in Dubarry Park Saturday showdown
Rugby with Michael Silke
Balla, Belmullet and Ballintubber stand tall at the end
It was a year to remember for Balla, Belmullet and Ballintubber as they claimed the Mayo junior, intermediate and senior crowns respectively.
