The Old Galway Diary – Episode 94
In this week’s episode of the Old Galway Diary Tom Kenny takes a bird’s eye view of Salthill c.1945 and Ronnie O’Gorman delves into some Galway country lore. Advertiser.ie …
2022
The Burning of Castlehackett House
The burning of Castlehackett House, near Tuam, was carried out one hundred years ago tonight, by anti-treaty IRA. Historian Terence Dooley has noted that there was a dramatic increase in …
Talks on the Civil War in Galway
Cormac Ó Comhraí, historian and author of Sa Bhearna Bhaoil: Gaillimh 1913-1923, will give two talks on the civil war in Galway as part of Galway City Museum’s programme of …
War of Friends – The Film
On Saturday 3 December 2022, Galway City Museum ran a short talk series on the subject of the new exhibition, ‘War of Friends, 1922–23: the civil war story of Pádraic …
‘Poetry as Commemoration’ at the Museum
In November 2022, Galway City Museum took part in an all-island project, ‘Poetry as Commemoration’, in which participants, under the expert guidance of poet Gerry Hanberry, responded creatively to local …
The Old Galway Diary – Episode 93
In this episode of the Old Galway Diary, Tom Kenny is looking at the life of Galway Referee John Keady. Ronnie O’Gorman is looking at the order of nuns from …
The Old Galway Diary – Episode 92
In this week’s episode of the Old Galway Diary, Ronnie O’Gorman looks at Liam Mellows on the centenary of his death, while Tom Kenny looks into Florence Nightingale. Advertiser.ie · …
Two Brothers – Pádraic & Tomás Ó Máille
The Ó Máille brothers, Pádraic (1876—1946) and Tomás (1880—1938), of Joyce Country in north Connemara made significant contributions to the emerging Irish state. Reared on a large sheep farm in …
The Old Galway Diary – Episode 91
In this week’s episode of the Old Galway Diary podcast, Tom Kenny talks about The Galway Starvation Riots and Ronnie O’Gorman discusses how a band of doctors saved Galway from …
