July 15, 2011

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1911

Publicans’ ‘moral courage’

There were several cases by the police against a man named John Ward, who was in custody, for drunkenness at the City Petty Sessions. Ward asked the magistrates to give him two years in an Inebriates’ Home.

Head-constable Killackey: He was in Ennis and I believe of the first batch that left, he was the only one that was unsuccessful.

Chairman: This is one of the cases that the publican ought not to have supplied the fellow with drink. The publicans in Galway will want to get a little more moral courage.

Head-constable Killackey said if the cases were adjourned, he would make inquiries with a view to having Ward commited to the Inebriates’ Homes, Waterford. The case was accordingly adjourned.

Egg theft

Three children from Gort were charged with stealing eggs from Thomas Doyle, egg merchant, Drumindoora. Thomas Doyle swore he was an egg dealer and bought eggs every Saturday outside Mr. Burke’s George-st. He remembers having a box of eggs of five dozen, which he left in charge of a boy while he was going into Mr. Burke’s.

The boy called out and said some of the boys were stealing the eggs. When he came out, he saw three young fellows running away with two eggs each. He shouted after them, and one of them placed them under the railway bridge. One of the defendants said they sold the eggs.

The boys promised not to be pilfering like that any more, and were let out under the First Offenders’ Act, their parents undertaking to keep them under better control, and paying 2s. 6d. each costs.

1936

Republicans questioned

Gardaí and detectives visited a number of houses in Tuam on Saturday evening, and, it is stated, questioned young men known to have republican associations. Searches were made in rooms occupied by those men, but it is learned that no documents were seized, and that no person was detained. The searches were carried out quietly, and very few knew that anything unusual was taking place in the town and suburbs.

New Salthill hotel

The growing popularity and progress of Galway’s seaside resort, Salthill, has in recent weeks been brought to the front by the erection of a modern hotel in the Forster Park estate (which was sold some time ago for development purposes by Messrs. Joyce, Mackie and Lougheed) fronting the Promenade and overlooking Galway Bay. The final touches are at present being given to the completion of a first class hotel in the most central position in Salthill.

The building is a four-storey structure containing twenty bedrooms, lounge, three sittingrooms, restaurant, staff rooms, kitchen etc. The building has cost approximately £7,000 and the proprietress Mss M. Monaghan, Summerset Hotel, Salthill, deserves every support for her enterprise in providing this hotel.

Clifden quiet

Large numbers of holidaymakers, including caravan-motorists, bus parties, cyclists and hikers may now and again be seen arriving in the Main-street of Clifden. Yet the hotels, restaurants, cafes and such establishments as cater for the tourist trade, are never really busy, or in danger of being booked out. Those concerned are unanimous in their decision that, so far, Clifden has had a poor season – in fact an abnormally poor season, judged not only on the numbers of passers-through, but on bookings and receipts.

Harbour scheme

The Industrial Credit Corporation and the Department of Finance and Industry and Commerce are interested in the plans for the financing of the scheme for the development of Galway Harbour. It is unfortunate to have to record that, notwithstanding expert examination, an extraordinarily high proportion of the advances under the Trade Loans Acts for industry have become bad debts which the general taxpayer has to meet. Money was handed out rather unwisely.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.