Search Results for 'Pat Irwin'
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Grealish’s Saddlery
Michael Grealish served his apprenticeship (it cost him 100 guineas) in Garret’s Saddlery in Eyre Square, roughly where the Imperial Hotel is today. When he finished, he decided to set up his own saddlery business at the beginning of the last century at Number 2, Eyre Square. At the time, the horse reigned supreme. There were regular horse fairs in Eyre Square at the time and this obviously helped his start-up.
Altar boys in the Abbey
An altar boy is a lay assistant to a member of the clergy during a Christian liturgy.
Altar boys in the Abbey
An altar boy is a lay assistant to a member of the clergy during a Christian liturgy.
Sailors face light winds in Ireland’s longest inland race
A Dublin/Cork crew has become the lastest sailors to win the annual Cong-Galway race on Lough Corrib.
Work begins on Galway Bay Sailing Club’s multipurpose rooms development
Work has begun on Galway Bay Sailing Club’s latest development of multipurpose rooms, which will include training rooms, a kitchenette, and a wetsuit storage area.
Naval officer returns to his home waters on special visit to sailing club
Irish Navy Lieutenant Jason Croke returned to his early sail training waters at Galway Bay Sailing Club recently.
Calling all graduates of St Patrick’s National School
On April 1, 1954, 941 boys marched from the Bish National School, Nuns’ Island, and from the Old Mon in Market Street to their ultra-modern bright new school, St Patrick’s, which was situated at the corner of Lombard Street and Bridge Street. The new school was built on a site which had been the location of the Shambles Barracks, which was occupied by the British army for many years up until 1909.
