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Whether it was to defuse the call for Home Rule, or whether Chief Secretary Arthur J Balfour was genuinely moved at the shameful poverty that existed among the western counties of Ireland, his ‘walkabout’ among the people was generally very well received.

Once the Galway-Clifden railway route was agreed, pressure came from the chief secretary’s office for the Midland Great Western Railway to commence work immediately, and that ‘every able bodied man in Connemara’ was to be offered a job building the railway.

Echoes of the West, a collection of short stories and poetry by clients from HSE Health Centres in Kiltimagh, Swinford, Claremorris, and Castlebar, was launched by local broadcaster Tommy Marren at the Cill Aodáin Court Hotel in Kiltimagh.