Galway In Days Gone By

1916

Police barracks stoned

An occurrence which would have created much surprise, and, in the circumstances, not a little indignation, had it leaked out – which strangely enough, it doesn’t seem to have – took place last Tuesday night fortnight at a place within three miles of the City of Galway.

At midnight, or towards the small hours of the morning, a large force of men, numbering, it is understood, between 20 and 30, or more, marched on the Killeen police barracks and delivered a furious assault on it with stones.

Almost all the windows were broken, but otherwise no dmage was done, and the occupants sustained no injuries. Fire arms were not used, and it appears that after a swift assault, the assailants withdrew precipitately. No arrests have been made.

Almost all the interned suspects from that part of the county have been released, and no innuendo is laid against them in this respect, but it must be obvious that this meaningless behaviour is not conducive to the release of other men from the country, or, indeed, from the West generally, who are still detained. It is, of course, an admitted hardship and a cruelty that the fair name of the county, which is peaceful and law-abiding, should again be besmirched by the thoughtless conduct of a small clique of uneducated and gander-headed youths, who represent nobody but themselves.

1941

Butchers black list

With a view to removing suspicion from those butchers who killed only good quality stock, Galway Corporation decided on Thursday that the names of the owners of meat unfit for human consumption seized at the abattoir should be supplied in future.

Cattle ships failure

Failure has attended Galway Harbour Board’s effort to get a share of the cattle exports for their port. The resolution sent by the Board to the Taoiseach had elicited a statement from his Department to the effect that it is a matter for the British authorities to decide, and that it is unlikely that they would agree to accept cattle shipped from Galway.

All-Ireland calling

The Galway team to line out against Kerry at 3.30pm on Sunday at Croke Park in the All-Ireland Senior Football Final has only one change compared with the team that represented the county in the Connacht Final.

The return of D. Sullivan – who was off from the provincial final team owing to illness – was expected. The position now is that Galway has four changes compared with last year’s team – P. McDonagh (Tuam) replacing M Connaire; P. McDonagh (Rosaveal), Kavanagh and Hanniffy replacing Nestor, Higgins and Flavin. Kerry has no change in personnel but there have been some changes in disposition at centre field and in attack.

The Kerry changes in attack are regarded as a strengthening of this division, but with the experience gained in Championship and League games against Kerry, the Galway defenders should be able to counter the Kerry moves.

The Galway line-out: J. McGauren; M. Raftery; P. McDonagh; D. Sullivan; F. Cunniffe; R. Beggs; J. Duggan; C. Connolly, D. Kavanagh; W. Hanniffy; J. Duane; J. Canavan; E. Mulholland; P. McDonagh; J. Burke.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.