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Agents O’Donnellan & Joyce Auctioneers says seldom does the opportunity arise to acquire a unique residence which combines a stunning countryside setting and yet is located only minutes from Moycullen village and a 15 minute drive to Galway city.

Pádraig Pearse’s first visit to Connemara was in 1903, when he was 24 years of age. He was sent there by Conrad na Gaeilge, a nation-wide Irish language movement, then gaining momentum year after year, to examine a group of young teachers from the Ros Muc area, to see if they were fit to teach Irish. When this young romantic man, already with an image of an ‘Irish Ireland’ in his mind, stepped from the train at Maam Cross station, he had a life-changing realisation that this was ‘a little Gaelic kingdom of its own’.

O’Donnellan and Joyce Auctioneers' recent ‘virtual’ property auction, despite being held behind closed doors, was viewed by thousands courtesy of a high definition live video stream provided by the auction house.

The Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture programme which had already been ravaged by a series of unfortunate cancellations this year will undergo a process of "significant contraction," the board said this evening after it met earlier in the day.

O'Donnellan & Joyce is offering for sale a stunning seven bed detached dormer bungalow located in the popular and scenic area of Knockillaree, Oughterard, Co Galway. Located in an area of great natural beauty, this wonderful private home is found just a short walk from Oughterard Golf Course and less than 3km from Oughterard village, which is also the gateway to Connemara via Maam Cross.

Progress on upgrade works on the Oughterard to Bunnakill section of the N59 took a step forward this week, as a construction contract on the Maam Cross to Bunnakill section is be awarded by the end of this month.

MICHIGAN'S OXFORD High School Chorale, and Claregalway's Coláiste Bhaile Chláir School Choir, will give a concert next week to raise funds for Enable Ireland.