Galway in Days Gone By
Galway In Days Gone By
1915
A serious problem
Although taking the country as a whole, there has been a decrease in the deaths from all forms of tuberculosis disease, the returns for Co. Galway dealt with in a report by the Tuberculosis Medical Officer, do not disclose any great improvement in that county.
In the year 1913, the deaths from consumption in Galway numbered 289, or 136 more than the deaths from all the epidemic diseases combined.
In 1914, the deaths from all forms of tuberculosis came to 277, or nearly one-third of the total deaths from that disease in the entire province of Connacht.
Estimating that there are eight existing cases for each death, Dr. O’Beirne points out that there must be something like 2,312 persons in the county suffering from consumption.
Vice regal visitors
The Earl and Countess of Wimborne, who had been staying as the guests of Lord Dunraven at Adare for some days past, on Monday afternoon reached Tuam by special train, which had been placed at their disposal by the Great Southern and Western Railway Co.
Mr. Geo. E. Smyth, Superintendent, who had accompanied their Excellencies throughout their tour, also travelled by special train. The children and tutor from Adare accompanied their Excellencies as far as Limerick, when they left by the evening train for Dublin.
Lord and Lady Wimborne then proceeded by special train to Tuam, and were accompanied by Captain Graham, Aide-de-camp; Captain Humphrey Lloyd, Private Secretary, and Lord Basil Blackwood.
Although the news of their arrival in Tuam had only become known a short time before, a small crowd collected on the platform.
Her Excellency met Mr. R.F. Mullery, Clerk of Galway Union, who happened to be on the platform. She told him that: They found Ireland to be a most delightful country, and the people were the kindliest and best-natured they had ever met.
1940
Air raid shelters
Galway Harbour Commissioners at their fortnightly meeting discussed the advisability of providing air raid shelters at the Docks for the protection of their employees.
Captain Tierney: We have a mason here and it could be done cheaper if the Board decides that shelters should be provided. If there is any place at all around here that is to be bombed, it will be the Docks.
The matter was adjourned for one month.
Family dispute
At Galway District Court, before District Justice Sean Mac Giollarnath, Martin Bermingham, Eire Hotel, Salthill, was charged with assaulting Michael Staunton and with unlawfully entering his dwelllinghouse at Salthill on June 9.
Sergeant T. Baker said that on June 9 he went to the house in question and found the defendant there with his son. He arrested the defendant, who was charged at a special court and remanded to Limerick Jail for one week.
In reply to Mr. Conway (solr., defending), witness said that he did not see the complainant striking the defendant. He was aware that the house was in dispute between those two people.
Since the case had been adjourned, nothing had happened and the defendant had in no way broken the undertaking he had given.
Michael Staunton said that he was a son-in-law of the defendant and lived next door to him. On June 9, the defendant assaulted him. They had words before the assault took place. The defendant put witness’s wife and child out of the house.
Witness was not there at the time, but when he got back he got into the house and slept there. It was when he got back the assault took place, but it was not a serious assault.
In reply to Mr. Conway, witness said another daughter of the defendant’s, Mary, was a guest in his house and she had some words with witness’s wife. He denied that he struck Mary Bermingham and gave her a black eye. For the past three months, the defendant had behaved admirably.
Mr. Conway said that the defendant had spent a week in jail and having regard to the fact the he had since been so well-behaved, he would ask the Justice to take a lenient view of the case.
On the assault charge, the Justice fined the defendant 2s. 6d., with £1 1s. costs, and in the other case, with interference of lawful possession of the house, he sentenced defendant to seven days imprisonment, to date from the day of his arrest.
For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.
1923
Gloom after war
The special correspondent of the “Independent”, who has been writing of the aftermath of civil war in the West, notes that a feeling of apathy, due to the uncertainty of events, exists amongst the sorely-tried people of Connemara; that politics are referred to only with disgust and that not more than fifty per cent. of the people would vote at a general election; that poverty and unemployment are rife, and there is a growing tendency towards emigration; and that there are bitter complaints of the huge impost of rates and taxes.
It is only too true that there is enough of material for the pessimist to brood over, and that a feeling of gloom permeates country towns. But it is a poor tribute to patriotism that has survived such horrors to encourage this gloom.
It is the duty of all of us to get this pessimism out of the national body and to rid ourselves of the notion that we have not enough Christianity and moral sense left to restore our people to cheerful and ordered progress and industry.
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1923
Peace negotiations
As we go to press, An Dáil is discussing the Peace negotiations between the Government and Mr. de Valera. It was announced on Wednesday for the first time that such negotiations were begun following Mr. de Valera’s “cease fire” proclamation of April 27, and that by the 30th of the month Senators Andrew Jameson and James Douglas were asked by him to discuss proposals.
They said it was for the Government to discuss; they could only confer. Into the ensuring conferences the Government declined to enter personally, but on May 3 the senators placed before Mr. de Valera the Cabinet’s terms, which were that future issues should be decided by the majority vote of the elected representatives of the people, and that as a corollary and a preliminary to the release of prisoners, all lethal weapons should be in the custody and control of the Executive Government.
Mr. de Valera relied to this on May 7 with a document in which he agreed to majority rule and control of arms, but added that arms should be stored in a suitable building in each province under armed Republican guard until after the elections in September, that the oath should not be made a test in the councils of the nation, and that all political prisoners should be released immediately on the signing of this agreement.
“You have brought back to us,” wrote President Cosgrave, “not an acceptance of our conditions, but a long and wordy document inviting debate where none is possible”.
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1923
State of the parties
Speculation as to parties after the next Irish elections is exceedingly interesting, especially in view of the enlarged franchise.
In Dublin, the view appears to be held by a number of people that Labour will make a great bid for power.
Dublin, however, has a curiously insular habit of thought where matters that concern all Ireland and in which Ireland has a say are concerned. We hope this insularity will rapidly disappear under the new conditions.
The country as a whole is backing the Farmers’ Party, and has not the smallest doubt that it will be the strongest combination in the next Dáil, and that it will oust the purely political parties, the one because it has resorted to force, the other because it has been compelled to use force to supress force, and the Labour Party because Ireland feels that at the back of its policy lurks the danger of Communism.
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