Search Results for 'Jimmy'
21 results found.
Connacht need to ‘fire shots’ against Leinster
Always one of the most highly anticipated contests, it is Connacht v Leinster on Saturday night when Leo Cullen’s side, traditionally packed with internationals, arrives in Galway for the third seasonal interprovincial clash which takes place at Dexcom Stadium (7.35pm).
All that matters is that we have Sam Maguire in our possession at a quarter past five, says Joyce
When Padraig Joyce told the assembled media at his unveiling in 2019 that if he didn't win an All-Ireland title, his tenure would have been a failure, many felt he was setting unusually high standards for a new appointee.
Galway postboxes
The regular use of the words “post” and “Litir” in 15th century Irish manuscripts suggests that by that time, a postal system was already in existence here. In 1657, a Bill was passed ‘for settling the postage of England, Scotland and Ireland’ which set up a Government monopoly of the service. The Galway Post Office had been established in 1653, and the network of Post Offices throughout the county gradually grew.
Southern Gaels represented at Westmeath GAA ‘Quid Games’ fundraising initiative
Southern Gael’s club representative in the Westmeath GAA fundraising initiative taking place in the Mullingar Park Hotel on Sunday, October 29, is adult team manager, Tony O’Keeffe.
In memory of Criostóir
A ballad is a form of verse, a poem or a song that tells a story. It can be considered either poetic or musical and is written in short stanzas with a rhyming system abcb. These forms of folk songs were often anonymous retellings of local legends, stories of particular events or characters.
City native makes fiction debut with stunning rural noir whodunnit
It was a sort of homecoming for Galway-native writer Michelle McDonagh last week as she savoured the atmosphere of Cuirt the week in which her debut novel was launched in her native city.
Side pitch send-off to test heartstrings and hamstrings
Our Lady’s Boys’ Club RFC farewells perhaps its most-enduring stalwart at the end of November when Connacht Rugby’s side pitch makes way for stadium developments and futureproofing.
A century of service from Hughes in Claregalway
Through all of the major world events of the last century, world war, the foundation of the State and the evolution of a new Ireland, one constant in Claregalway has been the practise of locals getting their groceries and essential from the local Hughes family.
