February 21, 2013

Date Published: 20-Feb-2013

1913

Battleships arrive

On Wednesday afternoon, the main line of the Atlantic Fleet, first-class battleships, torpedo destroyers, gunboats, and cruisers – twenty-two in all – entered Galway Bay in calm and beautiful weather, and sailed up the bay ‘til they came right opposite Barna, where they dropped anchor – right in the centre, opposite the proposed new trans-Atlantic port.

It is a fact that they carry only what is known as nucleus crews at the present, but looking out at them as they lie banked on the bay, it is curious to think that they carry more souls than the entire of our city holds.

William Duffy’s reception

Loughrea was en fete on Monday night when it became known that Mr. W.J. Duffy, M.P., after his arduous attendance in Parliament during the progress of the Home Rule Bill, was returning home after the adjournment, and for the first time since the passage of the measure in the House of Commons.

The people of the town turned out en masse to give him a hearty céad míle fáilte.

Tar barrels were ablaze at several points, and suitable mottoes were displayed giving expression to the feelings of the people. A vast crowd of the townspeople, headed by the Temperance Society brass band, marched to the railway station to meet the train on which he was expected to arrive; fog signals were placed along the line and discharged their salutes in quick succession as the train steamed into the terminus.

Great enthusiasm prevailed, and as the popular member alighted from the train, amid ringing cheers for the Irish Party and Home Rule, he was accompanied to his residence by the band and the huge procession.

1938

Hospital broken into

The clerk of works (Mr. Cardan) reported to the meeting of Mayo Board of Health held in Castlebar on Saturday (Mr. T.S. Moclair, Co.C., vice-chairman, presiding), that the new hospital at Castlebar had been broken into and tablets which were hanging on the entrance walls were removed and smashed. The Guards had been notified. – Chairman: De martins nil nisi bonum. Mr. S.T. Morahan: They are gone now and let us hope we will hear no more about them.

Bailiff seizes stock

During the past week the Sheriff’s bailiff made seizures of stock in the Loughrea area on foot of decrees obtained against farmers for poor rate. The stock were impounded at Loughrea and released on payment of the debt.

In one case – in the Kilchreest area – a grazier’s cattle were seized on a farm, the owner of which was unable to restock the lands. The decree for poor rate in this case amounted to something like £70, which was paid by the owner of the cattle before they were released from the pound.

Tuam school opening

The value of vocational education in our national development, and the importance of domestic economy as a subject in the schools, was stressed at the blessing and official opening of the Tuam vocational school on Monday.

The opening ceremony was performed by Tomas O Deirg, Minister for Education, and the school was blessed by his lordship, Most Rev. Dr. Walsh, Bishop of Cela and Auxiliary Bishop of Tuam.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.