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GALWAY WEST – 10th Count – Nolan elected
Date Published: 27-Feb-2011
BY ENDA CUNNINGHAM
Labour Party candidate, 28 year-old Derek Nolan, has taken the second seat in Galway West – after topping the poll with 7,502 first preference votes.
While he was beaten by O Cuív on the distribution of transfers, it was a phenomenal first time performance from the city councillor, who is currently studying to be a solicitor.
Dubbed “Michael D’s” man – he is taking over the Labour Party President’s seat in Galway – he actually increased Higgins’ vote from 2007 by a massive 1,500 votes.
His surplus will now be distributed amongst the remaining candidates. The 329 votes are likely to go the Independent candidate Catherine Connolly and Fine Gael.
Number of seats: 5
Electorate: 88, 840
Total Poll: 61, 268
Valid Poll: 60,728
Quota: 10,122
First Count:
Nolan (Lab) 7,502
Cuív (FF) 7,467
Grealish (Ind) 6,231
Walsh B (FG) 5,430
Healy Eames (FG) 5,053
Connolly (Ind) 4,787
Kyne (FG) 4,579
O Clochartaigh (SF) 3,807
Naughton (FG) 3,607
Fahey (FF) 3,449
Welby (Ind) 3,299
Crowe (FF) 1,810
Walsh E (Ind) 1,482
Brolchain (GP) 1,121
Cubbard (Ind) 853
Holmes (Ind) 186
King (Ind) 65
King, Holmes, Cubbard eliminated.
Second Count:
Distribution of King, Holmes and Cubbard transfers
Nolan (Lab) (+183) 7,685
Cuív (FF) (+45) 7,512
Grealish (Ind) (+117) 6,348
Walsh B (FG) (+48) 5,478
Healy Eames (FG) (+35) 5,088
Connolly (Ind) (+208) 4,995
Kyne (FG) (+31) 4,610
O Clochartaigh (SF) (+119) 3,926
Naughton (FG) (+49) 3,656
Fahey (FF) (+26) 3,475
Welby (Ind) (+27) 3,326
Crowe (FF) (+31) 1,851
Walsh E (Ind) (+100) 1,582
Ó Brolcháin (GP) (+33) 1,154
Ó Brolcháin eliminated. Distributing his 1,154 votes.
Third Count: Distribution of Ó Brolcháin’s transfers:
Nolan (Lab) (+335) 8,020
Cuív (FF) (+61) 7,573
Grealish (Ind) (+50) 6,398
Walsh B (FG) (+41) 5,519
Connolly (Ind) (+242) 5,237
Healy Eames (FG) (+94) 5,182
Kyne (FG) (+49) 4,659
O Clochartaigh (SF) (+72) 3,998
Naughton (FG) (+90) 3,746
Fahey (FF) (+15) 3,490
Welby (Ind) (+20) 3,346
Crowe (FF) (+14) 1,865
Walsh E (Ind) (+43) 1,625
Non-transferable: 70
Walsh E eliminated. Distribution of his 1,625
Distribution of Walsh E (Ind) 1,625 transfers
Nolan (Lab) (+260) 8,280
Cuív (FF) (+102) 7,675
Grealish (Ind) (+193) 6,591
Walsh B (FG) (+129) 5,648
Connolly (Ind) (+285) 5,522
Healy Eames (FG) (+117) 5,299
Kyne (FG) (+74) 4,733
O Clochartaigh (SF) (+97) 4,095
Naughton (FG) (+113) 3,859
Fahey (FF) (+37) 3,527
Welby (Ind) (+139) 3,485
Crowe (FF) (+25) 1,890
Non-Transferable: 54
Crowe eliminated. Distribution of his 1,890 votes.
Fifth Count: Distribution of Crowe’s 1,890 transfers:
Nolan (Lab) (+199) 8, 479
Cuív (FF) (+544) 8,219
Grealish (Ind) (+221) 6,812
Walsh B (FG) (+223) 5,871
Connolly (Ind) (+104) 5,626
Healy Eames (FG) (+57) 5,356
Kyne (FG) (+25) 4,758
O Clochartaigh (SF) (+45) 4,140
Naughton (FG) (+50) 3,909
Fahey (FF) (+305) 3,832
Welby (Ind) (+20) 3,505
Non-Transferable: 97
Welby eliminated.
Sixth Count:
Cuív (FF) (+729) 8,948
Nolan (Lab) (+243) 8, 722
Grealish (Ind) (+304) 7,116
Walsh B (FG) (+94) 5,965
Connolly (Ind) (+283) 5,909
Kyne (FG) (+1,012) 5,770
Healy Eames (FG) (+141) 5,497
O Clochartaigh (SF) (+266) 4,406
Fahey (FF) (+184) 4,016
Naughton (FG) (+85) 3,994
Non-Transferable: 164
Naughton eliminated. Distribution of Naughton’s 3,994.
Seventh Count: Naughton’s transfers
Nolan (Lab) (+416) 9,138
Cuív (FF) (+108) 9,056
Grealish (Ind) (+208) 7,324
Walsh B (FG) (+1,045) 7,010
Healy Eames (FG) (+1,057) 6,554
Kyne (FG) (+730) 6,500
Connolly (Ind) (+260) 6,169
O Clochartaigh (SF) (+40) 4,446
Fahey (FF) (+45) 4,061
Fahey Eliminated.
Eighth Count: distribution of Fahey’s vote
Cuív (FF) (+2,100) 11,156 elected
Nolan (Lab) (+190) 9,328
Grealish (Ind) (+588) 7,912
Walsh B (FG) (+234) 7,244
Healy Eames (FG) (+171) 6,725
Kyne (FG) (+151) 6,651
Connolly (Ind) (+242) 6,411
O Clochartaigh (SF) (+140) 4,586
Non transferable: 245
Ó Cuív’s surplus of 1,034 will now be distributed
Ninth Count: Ó Cuív’s surplus of 1,034 distributed
Nolan (Lab) (+107) 9,435
Grealish (Ind) (+396) 8,308
Walsh B (FG) (+101) 7,345
Healy Eames (FG) (+89) 6,814
Kyne (FG) (+84) 6,735
Connolly (Ind) (+162) 6,573
O Clochartaigh (SF) (+95) 4,681
Ó Clochartaigh eliminated.
Tenth Count: Ó Clochartaigh transfers
Nolan (Lab) (+1,016) 10,451 elected
Grealish (Ind) (370) 8,678
Connolly (Ind) (+1,658) 8,231
Walsh (FG) (+146) 7, 491
Kyne (FG) (+ 324) 7, 059
Healy Eames (+189) 7, 003
Non-Transferable: 978
Nolan elected and his surplus of 329 will be redistributed.
Galway in Days Gone By
The way we were – Protecting archives of our past
People’s living conditions less than 100 years ago were frightening. We have come a long way. We talk about water charges today, but back then the local District Councils were erecting pumps for local communities and the lovely town of Mountbellew, according to Council minutes, had open sewers,” says Galway County Council archivist Patria McWalter.
Patria believes we “need to take pride in our history, and we should take the same pride in our historical records as we do in our built heritage”. When you see the wealth of material in her care, this belief makes sense.
She is in charge of caring for the rich collection of administrative records owned by Galway County Council and says “these records are as much part of our history as the Rock of Cashel is. They document our lives and our ancestors’ lives. And nobody can plan for the future unless you learn from the past, what worked and what didn’t”.
Archivists and librarians are often unfairly regarded as being dry, academic types, but that’s certainly not true of Patria. Her enthusiasm is infectious as she turns the pages of several minute books from Galway’s Rural District Councils, all of them at least 100 years old.
Part of her role involved cataloguing all the records of the Councils – Ballinasloe, Clifden, Galway, Gort, Loughrea, Mountbellew, Portumna and Tuam. These records mostly consisted of minutes of various meetings.
When she was cataloguing them she realised their worth to local historians and researchers, so she decided to compile a guide to their content. The result is For the Record: The Archives of Galway’s Rural District Councils, which will be a valuable asset to anybody with an interest in history.
Many representatives on these Councils were local personalities and several were arrested during the political upheaval of the era, she explains.
And, ushering in a new era in history, women were allowed to sit on these Rural District Councils – at the time they were not allowed to sit on County Councils.
All of this information is included in Patria’s introductory essay to the attractively produced A4 size guide, which gives a glimpse into how these Rural Councils operated and the way political thinking changed in Ireland during a short 26-year period. In the early 1900s, these Councils supported Home Rule, but by 1920, they were calling for full independence and refusing to recognise the British administration.
“I love the tone,” says Patria of the minutes from meetings. “The language was very emotive.”
That was certainly true of the Gort Rural District Council. At a meeting in 1907, following riots in Dublin at the premiere of JM Synge’s play, The Playboy of the Western World the councillors’ response was vehement. They recorded their decision to “protest most emphatically against the libellous comedy, The Playboy of the Western World, that was belched forth during the past week in the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, under the fostering care of Lady Gregory and Mr Yeats. We congratulate the good people of Dublin in howling down the gross buffoonery and immoral suggestions that are scattered throughout this scandalous performance.
For more from the archives see this week’s Tribunes here
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Galway have lot to ponder in poor show
Date Published: 23-Jan-2013
SLIGO 0-9
GALWAY 1-4
FRANK FARRAGHER IN ENNISCRONE
GALWAY’S first serious examination of the 2013 season rather disturbingly ended with a rating well below the 40% pass mark at the idyllic, if rather Siberian, seaside setting of Enniscrone on Sunday last.
The defeat cost Galway a place in the FBD League Final against Leitrim and also put a fair dent on their confidence shield for the bigger tests that lie ahead in February.
There was no fluke element in this success by an understrength Sligo side and by the time Leitrim referee, Frank Flynn, sounded the final whistle, there wasn’t a perished soul in the crowd of about 500 who could question the justice of the outcome.
It is only pre-season and last Sunday’s blast of dry polar winds did remind everyone that this is far from summer football, but make no mistake about it, the match did lay down some very worrying markers for Galway following a couple of victories over below par third level college teams.
Galway did start the game quite positively, leading by four points at the end of a first quarter when they missed as much more, but when Sligo stepped up the tempo of the game in the 10 minutes before half-time, the maroon resistance crumbled with frightening rapidity.
Some of the statistics of the match make for grim perusal. Over the course of the hour, Galway only scored two points from play and they went through a 52 minute period of the match, without raising a white flag – admittedly a late rally did bring them close to a draw but that would have been very rough justice on Sligo.
Sligo were backable at 9/4 coming into this match, the odds being stretched with the ‘missing list’ on Kevin Walsh’s team sheet – Adrian Marren, Stephen Coen, Tony Taylor, Ross Donovan, David Kelly, David Maye, Johnny Davey and Eamon O’Hara, were all marked absent for a variety of reasons.
Walsh has his Sligo side well schooled in the high intensity, close quarters type of football, and the harder Galway tried to go through the short game channels, the more the home side bottled them up.
Galway badly needed to find some variety in their attacking strategy and maybe there is a lot to be said for the traditional Meath style of giving long, quick ball to a full forward line with a big target man on the edge of the square – given Paul Conroy’s prowess close to goal last season, maybe it is time to ‘settle’ on a few basics.
Defensively, Galway were reasonably solid with Gary Sice at centre back probably their best player – he was one of the few men in maroon to deliver decent long ball deep into the attacking zone – while Finian Hanley, Conor Costello and Gary O’Donnell also kept things tight.
For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.
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Real Galway flavour to intermediate club hurling battle in Birr
Date Published: 23-Jan-2013
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