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Two hundred years ago, in October 1826, the Warden of Galway wrote to the Superior of the Patrician Brothers asking him to send at least one Brother to Galway to take over a school which had been moved from near the Shambles Barracks to a disused barrack in Lombard Street. Brother Paul O’Connor and Brother Dawson were sent to Galway. Cash in hand was one shilling. Social conditions were very bad, but the Brothers went ahead and established the Monastery School, known as The Mon. Before the school had been a year in operation, the improvement in the youth of the city was so evident that a public meeting was held in the school to vote thanks to the teachers, “whose zeal, attention and excellent arrangements had produced such happy results”.

Canadian rockers Crash Test Dummies are making their way to Galway at Monroe’s Live on October 30 at 8pm.

The 7th annual Racing for Rosabel, held at the Connacht Hotel in aid of Rosabel’s Rooms in partnership with the Irish Hospice Foundation, was yet again another outstanding success. The event was a glittering showcase of style and elegance, reminiscent of the glamour of Ballybrit’s Ladies Day.

This Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) has launched a new awareness campaign exposing the barriers people with disabilities face trying to find wheelchair accessible housing in Westmeath, the Midlands region and beyond.