Galway in Days Gone By
Galway In Days Gone By
1916
No Christmas box
A largely-attended, and very representative, meeting of the Shopkeepers of Galway was held on Thursday evening last, when, after discussing the difficulties of carrying on business at the present time, it was unanimously decided to abolish the giving of Xmas Boxes and Gifts of every kind. It was further decided to have a printed notice hung in the premises of all traders who have signed the resolution.
Larceny of turf
At Kinvara Petty Sessions, Thomas Connealy (who said he travelled all the way from Galway to meet the charge) and John Flaherty (who did not appear) were charged with the larceny of turf from the quay – a practice, said Sergt. Reilly, the prosecutor, which has become the cause of complaint.
While on patrol at daybreak, he and a constable saw the turf being taken from the quay. Connealy said his pal was one of those men who when told to do the right thing always did the wrong thing (laughter). Ultimately, the case against Connealy was dismissed, and a small fine was enforced on Flaherty.
1941
Local patriots
One of the most encouraging features of last Sunday’s great review of the defence and auxiliary forces in Galway City was the splendid muster of the men and women from the remote country areas. Despite transport difficulties and the bitterness of the weather, they came many miles to take their places in the ranks of the marching thousands who paraded before the Taoiseach.
Mr. de Valera must have been greatly heartened by that display of Western patriotism, and there is no doubt that he realised and fully appreciated the self-sacrifice which it entailed in the majority of instances.
But the Taoiseach also was keenly aware of the fact that if all the men and women of the city and county were doing their duty by their country in this hour of crisis, the parade would have taken at least three times as long to pass the saluting base. The West is not half awake as yet.
ESB rates too high
Galway remains firmly convinced that the increased E.S.B. charges should not apply in this area, notwithstanding Mr. Lemass’s endorsement in the Dáil last week of the Board’s action. Since the inception of the Shannon Scheme, the charges in the Galway area have been very much in excess of those in most other areas.
Litter by-laws
Galway Corporation has unanimously adopted by-laws dealing with (1) tents, vans, sheds and similar structures in the borough area; (2) nuisances and the removal of house refuse, and (3) the good rule and government of the city (anti-litter).
The by-laws for the good rule and government of the city forbid the distribution of hand-bills on the streets, the throwing of advertising papers, ‘bus or rail tickets, newspapers, cigarette or match boxes, fruit peels, bottles, broken glass, nails or other sharp substances or any other kind of litter on the streets. Every offence against any of the by-laws makes the offender liable to a penalty up to £5.
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.
For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.
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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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