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After fine National Senior Track and Field Championship performances from across the county, three Galway athletes have been confirmed as selected on the Irish team for the upcoming European Athletics Championships in Birmingham.

Born in Galway in 1892 to Thomas Griffin and Mary Kyne, Father Michael Griffin had a very nondescript childhood, attending public school before being ordained in 1917.

The Galway Men’s Team won County Gold for the third year in a row, under manager Siobhan Kelleher, sharing the podium with Donegal and Kerry. The squad were led by Justin Lane, the inspirational captain of the men's team, and he also won the Pole Vault in a fine 2.30m clearance. He was fifth in the weight for Distance Throw.

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Irish Schools Cross Country Championships

Ever since girls’ and women’s rugby was established at Galway Corinthians RFC, the search for silverware has sometimes been fruitless. Some years ago, plate titles would have been their lot despite the coaches’, parents’, and players’ efforts.

Galway clubs enjoyed a medal haul on the second day of the Connacht Track and Field championships in TUS Athlone on Saturday.

Music for Galway’s 20th Midwinter Festival, this year themed SEASONS is taking place at the Town Hall Theatre, Galway as well as the Hardiman Hotel between January 20 and 22.

According to O’Donovan’s Ordnance Survey Letters from 1839, “Suckine is now pronounced Suicín, which is, out of satirical humour frequently called Suicín na Mallacht, that is “Sickeen of the Imprecations or Curses”. It is written Sickeen Dyke in the Name Book and described as lying where the road from Galway to Menlo crosses the flooded land at Coolagh.”

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