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There was plenty to take from a fantastically fought Connacht Derby last Friday night. Unfortunately, the most tangible impact of a fantastic game of football was that the wait for European football in Galway will now go on for at least 35 years.

Towards the end of the 19th century, the Claddagh started to go into decline, thanks mainly to the local fishermen not updating their methods of fishing. This economic decline continued into the last century so, when the Urban District Council announced in 1916 that they were starting a reclamation programme of the 30-acre field that was known locally as ‘The Swamp’, it caused a lot of excitement locally. A small working committee was established to carry out the details of organisation. From then on the area was to be known as South Park. I am not sure where that title came from, maybe they regarded the Square as East Park, Salthill Park as Westpark, but where was North Park?

It might not have the billing some would have hoped for, even up to a week ago, but there is plenty of spice surrounding the Connacht Derby tomorrow night.

The drama that engulfed Dundalk drew the most attention on damaging week for a league on an otherwise upward trajectory. The news that a solution has been salvaged has been welcomed in all quarters.

There are more than bragging rights at stake as Galway United travel to the Showgrounds to take on Sligo Rovers on Saturday night (Kick-off 7.45pm).

The thousands of miles that troubadour Josh Okeefe has travelled from his birthplace in England, to his current home of Nashville, Tennessee, tells just one small part of a nomadic life in music which spans generations and encompasses myriad genres, traditions and disciplines.

by Caomhán O'Connell

Much of the new season novelty has already worn off as Galway United find themselves in a tight fight in the Premier Division.

Larry was the eldest child of Jack and Ethel Cheevers who lived on Dalysfort Road in Salthill. They were the owners of the Forster Park Hotel and the iconic Park Café which was attached to it. Larry was educated in the Jes and in Castleknock College and went on to study dentistry in UCG — you could only do first year there at the time — and later in UCD where he finished the course and qualified.

Cong Food Village Festival is back, and it’s bigger and better than ever. This year’s festival will showcase the best produce and creative crafts that the west has to offer, all thanks to our sponsors and biggest supporters Ashford Castle Estate, and our charity partner Daisy Lodge in Cong.