Search Results for 'St John’s College'
4 results found.
Hair we go again at Westport College of Further Education
![image preview](/images/2013/04/60205_thumb.jpg)
There were celebrations recently at Westport College of Further Education after students repeated their success at the All Ireland Hairdressing Schools Championships in St John’s College, Cork.
Galway’s ‘splendid human spirit’
![image preview](/images/2011/09/43655_thumb.jpg)
The people of Galway were shocked and excited by the arrival of 430 survivors who were brought ashore from the Athenia which was sunk by torpedo off the Donegal coast only hours after war was declared on September 3 1939. The town was galvanised into action. An impressive and practical plan was put into place to receive the survivors, to ensure they were comfortably accommodated, and to care for the wounded. There were 10 stretcher cases, numerous minor injuries, and distressed children. The passengers, who included Americans and Canadians, and refugees fleeing a deteriorating political situation in Europe, were bound for Montreal.
The day war came to Galway
![image preview](/images/2011/08/43431_thumb.jpg)
On Monday morning September 4 1939, the Galway harbour master Capt T Tierney was listening to a radio message from the Norwegian freighter Knute Nelson to say that it was steaming to Galway with 430 survivors from the Athenia, which was sunk by torpedo 250 miles north-west of Inishtrahull Island, off the Donegal coast. There were injuries among the survivors. Many were distressed and suffering from hypothermia. It requested urgent assistance.
Belcarra man appointed next Bishop of Newcastle
![image preview](/images/2009/01/7322_thumb.jpg)
Belcarra native Canon Seamus Cunningham is to be the next Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle in the UK.