Galway in Days Gone By
Galway In Days Gone By
1918
Abandoned promotion
A feeling akin to consternation was aroused in Carna last week on the rumoured change of the Rev. M. McHugh, the pastor of the parish, to another portion of the archdiocese. On Thursday week, a meeting of the parishioners was held, and a deputation appointed to wait on his Grace the Archbishop with a view to securing the cancellation of Father McHugh’s transfer.
The deputation proceeded to Tuam, and were cordially received by his Grace, who kindly consented to leave the matter entirely in the hands of Father McHugh’s parishioners.
On their return, the deputation interviewed Father McHugh, who decided to forego the well-merited promotion and remain with the parishioners, amongst whom he has laboured for over a quarter of a century. Father McHugh’s decision has given immense satisfaction in the parish.
R.I.C. to down tools?
With reference to the Parliamentary Bill for the purpose of increasing the pay of police, it is understood that the force in Co. Galway are determined, in the event of the Bill being not put through before the dissolution, to take certain action during the General Election in conjunction with their colleagues all over Ireland. This action is not named, but the purport of the threat can readily be guessed, and it is obvious that if the police resort to the drastic measure of downing tools during the excitement of the General Election, chaos might easily result.
Student to be charged
Mr. J.J. Comer, student, University College, who is in custody in collection with the disturbances at Captain Alston’s lecture on October 1, is recovering from the “flu”, and will be charged at the petty sessions on Monday. It is stated that a quantity of ammunition and drill books were found amongst the property of one of the others now undergoing imprisonment for participating in the scenes on the same occasion.
1943
Child hurt in accident
Cecily Wilson (6½), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Wilson, St. Ann’s, Father Griffin Road, Galway, was injured when a plate glass window in Messrs. F. Gleeson and Sons’ draper shop was broken on Tuesday evening when a motor car collided with a hand cart at the Four Corners.
The motor car, which came from Gort, was proceeding in the direction of Shop Street and as it was passing the Four Corners, it hit against a handcart, the property of Messrs. McCambridge Ltd., which was being pushed from the direction of lower Abbeygate Street by Peter Quirk, a messenger boy employed by Messrs. McCambridge.
The handcart spun around and went through the window, and young Wilson, who was passing accompanied by her mother, was injured. She was taken into Greally’s Medical Hall where her injuries were dressed. She was later taken to the Central Hospital and was discharged after receiving medical attention.
Better planning
When Ald. Brennan drew the attention of Mr. C.I. O’Flynn, County Manager, at Thursday’s meeting of Galway Corporation, to the condition of a road leading off the Father Griffin Road, the County Manager said that the road in question was an example of the type of place where building work should not have been permitted. People had built houses in places where there were no roads and then turned to the Corporation with a request that they should be provided with roads, sewerage and water supplies. Professor Dillon and others in Lenaboy had set a good example by contributing money towards the making of a road leading to their houses.
Street lighting
It was agreed by Galway Corporation that an inspection should be made of certain parts of the city with a view to having the lighting system revised before the next public lighting contract was signed. Ald. Miss Ashe and Messrs. Carrick and Redington referred to the need for lights at Prospect Hill, St. Nicholas’s-street, Rosemary Avenue, Fairhill and Parkaveera. The County Manager said that the city saved about £900 per year by the reduction in the lighting.
The meeting unanimously adopted a resolution from the Longford Urban Council protesting against the increase of ten per cent in the charge for electricity.
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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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