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Newcastle native and experienced mountain marathoner, Cathal McGrath, took on the Matterhorn Mountain in the Swiss Alps on Saturday, August 26, in aid of Galway based heart and stroke charity, Croí.

By the 16th century Galway was a compact, well laid out town, with handsome buildings, protected by a strong wall. The wealth of the so called Tribal families, originally Anglo/Normans, built up over decades of canny, and adventurous trade, bought them total control of the municipal authorities. Loyalty to the English crown rubber-stamped their laws to keep the native Irish out of the town. They built large houses in a style that reflected their power, while meeting the aesthetic standards of their European contemporaries. Galway was a place apart from the rest of the island.

Sean Cotter of Calasanctius College in Oranmore competed on the Irish Schools Cross Country team at Saturday’s SIAB Schools international in Santry, Dublin.

SINGLE MOTHER Sarah has moved to an old farm house in the Wicklow mountains. Her son Chris is unhappy in his new school and misses his father. She does her best, but the isolation is clearly getting to her.

Athlone Town Mayor, Cllr. Frankie Keena, has thanked the Custume Barracks based Defence Forces for conducting a capability display which highlighted to local elected representatives how they could best assist local communities in major weather events or emergencies.

Isabella Augusta Persse (later Lady Gregory), grew up in Roxborough House, Co Galway, a large rambling estate house, with magnificent gardens, commanding some 18,000 acres over which her father Dudley Persse presided with almost feudal authority. His 13 children knew their wheel-chaired bound father as The Master.*

A shocking €90,626 was spent during 2017 on cleaning up illegal dumping in the Athlone Municipal District.

As part of BMW’s current nationwide campaign, ‘BMW Big Welcome Week’, the doors at BMW retail centres are open across the country to welcome customers to pay a visit. So why not avail of the opportunity to visit multi-award winning Colm Quinn BMW and see what all the fuss is about.

CHRISTY MOORE releases his new album, Lily, on Friday May 20 and he makes a welcome return to Galway to play The Connemara Coast Hotel on Thursday June 23.