Search Results for 'Mary McSweeney'

•Oughterard Golf Club: Men’s open singles stableford, Tom Gallen (16) 40; Luke Bohan (7) 39; Cyril Foye (13) 39; Adrian Connell (23) 38. Men's stableford, Colm Kavanagh (19) 43; Tony O'Donnell (21) 41; Gross Robert Monroe (6) 34; Christy Smyth (19) 39; Conor Bohan (15) 39; Cathair Conneely (6) 39. Ladies’ Cystic Fibrosis Open, Valerie Heery (23) 36; Sarah Donnelly (36) 35; Gross Annette O’Neill, Tuam (11) 23; Carmel Moore (29) 34; Cat 1, Margaret O’Neill (20) 33; Rita Jordan (17) 32; Cat 2,Noreen Maloney (26) 33; Kathleen Ivers, Galway (27) 33; Cat 3, Mary Loughman (29) 33; Mary O’Connell (36) 32.

In the early 1950s the chain of shops owned by Woolworths was expanding, but it did experience some difficulty establishing a branch in Galway. It appears some councillors and retailers resisted the move, but after several failed attempts, ‘Woolies’ (as it became known), acquired the former site of the old Royal Hotel on the Square. Woolies knocked the hotel and put up a purpose built retail store. As the day of the opening approached, local interest became intense.

Oughterard Golf Club: Oughterard is celebrating All Ireland success after winning the Irish Mixed Foursomes trophy. The Connacht champions defeated their Munster counterparts, Lisselan, by 3 - 2 at Castlerock Golf Club. In the semi-finals Oughterard scored a 3-2 win over the Ulster champions City of Derry, while Lisselan beat the Leinster champions, Clontarf, by 4-1.