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“Every Saturday morning a procession of donkey-carts set out, nose to tail, for the market in Galway. This took place in the triangular patch by the Collegiate Church of St Nicholas. It dates from 1320 and was dedicated to St Nicholas, the patron saint of sailors, who was chosen then as the patron saint of Galway. There the donkeys were unharnessed and tethered to a wheel, the shafts were let down to the ground and the goods to be sold were displayed on the sloping cart. Vendors came from many more prosperous areas and their wares were a source of envy to those who lived in the congested strip along the coast. Eggs in big wicker baskets with hinged lids, ducks, hens and chickens, wooden kegs of buttermilk, home churned butter laid in rolls on cabbage-leaves, cabbages, onions, sometimes geese, hand-knitted socks – all sold briskly throughout the morning to the people of the town.

Every College of Naturopathic Medicine student or graduate has a personal story of why he/she decided on this career path. Mine was presented to me in a day of ‘signs’.

The launch of the programme for the third Galway Food Festival was held on Monday in one of my favourite Galway hang out spots, the lovely House Hotel. The late lamented Gerry Gavin had launched the first festival programme and the delightful Máirín Uí Chomáin the second. This year Ronan Byrne (aka The Friendly Farmer) did the honours beautifully. In a break with convention, they had not sought out a food celebrity, but in keeping with the theme of the festival, 'Food Traditions', a man of the land was called for. JP McMahon, festival chairperson, and Heather Flaherty also spoke at the launch.

The Galway City Museum will hold several free events for children over the Easter holidays.

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Join the Easter Bunny at Loughwell Farm Park in Moycullen on Easter Saturday, Sunday, and Monday for a great day of family fun.

Local community groups and businesses in Moate are being encouraged to come out and support the town’s Easter parade, which takes place on Easter Sunday April 8.

KATS, THE Knocknacarra Amateur Theatre Group, is holding auditions for its forthcoming production of The Vigil by Ladislas Fodor.

The next Orthodox Church Service will be held on Palm Sunday, April 17, at the Church of the Holy Rosary, Castlebar, at 3.30pm.

It has been a busy lead-up to the Easter recess and I think we all deserve our Easter eggs this weekend.