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The late Peadar O'Dowd, a prolific historian who worked tirelessly to preserve Galway’s archaeological and architectural heritage, was also a long-time secretary of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society.

Galway City Council held two new civic commemorations last week, honouring Dr Arthur Colahan (1885–1952), composer of the famous ‘Galway Bay’, and Tommy Keane (1968 – 2012), one of Galway’s most celebrated professional footballers.

A green-fingered Galway clergywoman has been growing vegetables in repurposed containers in an effort to raise awareness of a Christian Aid funded project that’s helping to reduce poverty and malnutrition among low-income families in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.

Galway-based pharmaceutical company Chanelle Pharma has been awarded the Silver Investors in Diversity accreditation by the Irish Centre for Diversity, recognising the organisation's advanced maturity in embedding Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) practices across its entire operations in both Ireland and the UK.

The country’s eye doctors will gather at the Galmont Hotel for two days next week, when Galway hosts the Irish College of Ophthalmologists’ (ICO) annual conference.

Clifden Community School were celebrating after they tasted success in the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) UK and Irish Finals held last week at Microsoft Dream Space in Dublin, bringing together top secondary school students from across the country to compete at the highest level in Microsoft Office applications.

Connacht are preparing for a game of “real significance” when they host Munster in Dexcom Stadium on Saturday night (7.45pm).

Fresh off his debut headline Australian tour, Rising Irish country artist Gareth has will return to the Roisin Dubh in Galway this month as part of his upcoming The Uncut Tour, bringing stripped-back performances to cities such as Liverpool, Cardiff and Nottingham, in addition to an appearance at The Great Escape in Brighton.

Nicholas Arthur Colohan was born in Enniskillen on August 12th 1884 to Nicholas Whistler and Lizzie Colohan. The family moved to The Villa opposite the Crescent in Galway. He may have been tutored at home as his family were reasonably wealthy. There are no records of him attending either the Presentation or the Jesuit primary schools. The earliest record of him in education relates to his first year in secondary education in the Bish. As a pupil, he was far from impressive and this prompted his parents to send him to Mungret College Limerick as a boarder and there he finished his secondary education.

The case for retaining Galway Airport has rarely been made with as much urgency, clarity, and imagination as it was last Friday morning under the bright skies at Claregalway Castle when a cross section of Galway business, politicians, aviation specialists and visionaires gathered inside the historic walls for a presentation by the Galway Aviation and Innovation Advocacy Group that might yet form part of the future history of Galway city and county.