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The Galway senior hurlers return to National Hurling League action after two weekends off on Saturday afternoon when they travel to the south-east to take on Wexford at 5pm.

The Galway senior hurlers must dust themselves down quickly for a road trip to take on Leinster champions Kilkenny this Sunday afternoon in Nowlan Park (throw-in 1.45pm) after suffering a bruising 3-25 to 2-16 loss to Tipperary in round one of Division 1A of the National League in Pearse Stadium.

The Eglinton Canal was a work of great utility both in terms of draining and regulating the surplus waters of the lake and permitting ingress from the sea. The lower lake used to empty its waters through a delta by three visible outlets into the sea; The natural and original shallow tortuous and rocky Galway River, navigable only for very small craft and row-boats; The Mionlach creek, a small stream nearly filled up; “The Friar’s Cut”, about three quarters of a mile in length, fifty feet wide and twelve feet deep.

Killarney is bursting with fun, exciting and affordable opportunities for children and teenagers to explore nature this autumn-winter.

Killarney is bursting with fun, exciting and affordable opportunities for children and teenagers to explore nature this autumn-winter.

Many mourners turned out in Salthill recently to bid farewell to Limerick native Christy Fitzgerald.

Southern Gaels won their first title of the year, resulting in the club winning a trophy for their 50th Anniversary year.

The final eight teams remaining in the Brooks Group Galway Senior Hurling Championship are now known, with Portumna the only club from outside the boundaries of Senior A to have made it to the business end of proceedings.

The preliminary quarter-final stage of the Brooks Group Galway senior hurling championship has finally been reached, but it will do well to match the drama of last week’s fixtures as both games played in Athenry last Saturday afternoon required penalties to produce a winner.

Years ago, there was neither an independent community orchestra nor a musical instrument teaching system in Galway city or county. A handful of schools, mostly run by religious orders, taught a small range of instruments and would put a small orchestra together for their annual school show or operetta, their music teachers being very influential in passing on a love of music to their pupils.