Galway In Days Gone By

1915

Bucket attack

At Ballinasloe Petty Sessions, Mary Carey summoned Michael Connolly for alleged assault with a bucket. Witness said she worked for Mr. Charles Greaney, main-street. On the day of the assault she met Mr. Connolly when she was leaving Mr. Greaney’s to get a bucket of water.

She never said a word to him. He came over to her and said: “Look here, I wrote to the Prince of Wales Fund about you.” She asked him what he meant by that, and he said: “You may be thankful you are a woman, I would beat the face off you.” He gave her a blow of the bucket and pulled her by the hair of the head.

Continuing, witness said she was knocked stupid for some time, and she then took up the bucket and said she would “civilise” him (laughter). Her head was swollen and marked. She gave him no provocation.

At the Races

Rarely has there been a more successful opening day at Galway Races that that of Wednesday. The attendance was enormous, the new stands, commodious as they are, having their accommodation taxed to the utmost. The weather was bright throughout, and spectators were enabled to view the proceedings under very pleasant circumstances.

1940

Ruined building

The Galway Corporation want to know who is the owner of the building known as the Father Matthew Temperance Hall in middle-street with a view to compelling him or her to have the place boarded up and, perhaps later, demolished.

There was free access to the ruin, which was in a dangerous condition, and nuisances were committed therein.

Ruane tributes

Brother officers of the Old I.R.A. and men who served under him in the Second Western Division during the Anglo-Irish struggle joined forced with members of the local Security Force and parishioners of Claregalway on Sunday in paying tribute to the memory of the late Thomas Ruane, Vice-Brigadier, Second Western Division, Old I.R.A.

Gathering outside Claregalway Church after last Mass, the soldiers of 1916-22 and the, as yet, un-uniformed soldiers of today marched to the graveyard under the shadow of the ruined Franciscan tower to be present at the unveiling of a large Celtic cross over the grave in which Tom Ruane was laid to rest three years ago.

Bohermore dump

That the Municipal dump and disposal works at Bohermore constitute a menace to health, was revealed during the meeting of Galway Corporation. Dr. Thomas Powell, Medical Officer of Health said the method employed is altogether unsatisfactory.

“It is altogether too near the thickly populated outside the city. The tipping is improperly carried out, being allowed to fall down over the end and side of the twelve foot high accumulation of refuse and left casually and untreated.

“Of all the methods of treating dry refuse, the one of tipping Is universally recognised as being the least satisfactory, because nuisances from papers blowing about, form slow underground fires producing offensive odours, and rats and flies breeding in the refuse, are liable to arise from this method.”

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