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In 1639, the Corporation ordered that some of the shops and buildings adjacent to the market be pulled down and “all the same be reduced into a strong sufficient stone house, covered with slate and to be underpropped with good stone pillars, whereby way through it shall be to the said church”. The proposed building was to be opposite the present Anthony Ryan’s shop and was to be a Tholsel or premises for the town clerk, for the Corporation records and for meetings of the Common Council.

Six applicants have been selected in response to Fíbín sa Taibhdhearc’s open call for creatives to perform stories of Galway past and present.

Clifden was not the only town to experience the terror of British forces running wild, shooting, and setting fire to buildings. The previous year, July 19 1920, Tuam suffered a similar experience as Clifden, only mercifully no resident was killed on that occasion.

A public meeting to press the case to name the new Salmon Weir footbridge after Julia Morrissey, one of the leading figures of the 1916 Rising in Galway, takes place next week.

A campaign has been launched to have the new Salmon Weir pedestrian and cycle bridge named after the leading female figure in Galway during the 1916 Rising - Julia Morrissey.

THIS WEEK marks the centenary of one of the darkest episodes in the history of Galway as violence erupted on its streets resulting in a “night of terror” that left three young men dead.

Father and son team, Yannick and Seán Lemonnier of Galway Bay Sailing Club, took the honours at this year's Cong Galway Boat Race.

The annual Cong Galway Boat Race, sponsored by Ashford Estate, took place last weekend against a backdrop of challenging weather conditions.

Elections to Údarás na Gaeltachta must be re-introduced to “return power to the people” and allow Gaeltacht residents to “elect their own representatives directly to the Údarás board”.

Early on Easter Monday morning, April 24 1916, the Galway Volunteers sprang into action. It was a chaotic beginning to the rebellion which hoped to see a nation-wide rising of fully armed and committed men and women seizing control of the country. We know, however, the capture of the ship Aud, with its weapons, explosives and ammunition, off the Kerry coast on Good Friday, prompted the Dublin leadership to cancel the Rising. The order was ignored by Padraic Pearse and others, who had the benefit of arms imported into Howth two years previously. They took over key positions throughout Dublin city, which they held for six days.