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Master Walshe House

This photograph of St Patrick’s Church and part of Forster Street was taken from the Galway/Clifden Railway Line overlooking James Mahon’s Field where the circuses used to be long ago. It was taken c1920.

Galway senior camogie players can now look forward to the Littlewoods Ireland League final on April 9 in what will be a repeat of the 2021 All Ireland final when they take on old rivals Cork.

It’s been a tough Spring semester for Mayo and the learning went up another notch in Clones on Sunday.

James Hardiman, in his history of Galway, mentions a spring well that was reputedly 1,000 years old. He described it as “A Chalybeate spring of the same class as the celebrated Scarborough Waters, outside the East Gate was in great repute here. A spa house has been erected over it by a Mr. Eyre (who sailed with Columbus when America was discovered) and is much frequented.” Hardiman attributed to the tonic qualities of the water the numerous instances of longevity which he observed in the district.