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In the edition of the Galway Weekly Advertiser March 25 1843 extensive coverage is given to the funeral of George Frederick De Carteret, a young ensign in her Majesty’s 30th Regiment, who drowned when he fell into the docks on his way back to the Shambles barracks three days before. He served on the revenue cutter The Raven. After a ‘party of pleasure’ he was walking along the docks, ‘the night being pitchy dark and tempestuous’ he was blown over ‘the brink’ and drowned before his fellow officers could reach him.*

Snap Fitness has started its expansion into Ireland with its first 24/7 site located in the heart of Galway city centre. Conveniently located on Eyre Square adjacent to TK Maxx, this privately-owned facility will be the first of many Irish sites for the company, which currently has 49 open in the UK and growing.