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Political parties to hold Easter Rising commemorations in Galway
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A number of groups will hold special ceremonies and events this weekend to mark the Easter Commemorations.
The events are in memory of the 1916 Easter Rising and those who died fighting for independence.
Tuam Sinn Féin will host its Easter commemorations today Good Friday.
Members will gather at the Tuam Martyrs monument, Dublin Road at 1p.m, the Republican Plot at Donaghpatrick cemetery, Caherlistrance at 2p.m and Cargin cemetery Headford at 3p.m.
Galway West Sinn Féin will start its events with a wreath-laying ceremony at 1p.m tomorrow Holy Saturday at the Joe Howley Statue in Oranmore.
The main Galway West Sinn Féin commemoration will take place at 3p.m on Holy Saturday at the Liam Mellows Statue in Eyre Square.
On Easter Sunday Galway West Sinn Féin will attend Teach an Phiarsaigh in Rosmuc for Comóradh na Cásca.
From there, they will lay a wreath at Ardbear cemetery in Clifden at 2.30p.m on Easter Sunday.
At 3p.m on Easter Sunday, the party will hold a commemoration at the Thomas Whelan statue in Clifden, finishing off with another commemoration at Tooreena Cemetery in Tullycross at 5p.m.
The Fianna Fáil Annual Commemoration mass for Liam Mellows will take place at St. Patrick’s Church, Forster Street at 12 on Easter Sunday.
There will also be a parade afterwards from Forster Street to the Liam Mellows Statue in Eyre Square.
East Galway Sinn Féin will a hold wreath-laying ceremony at Creagh cemetery on Easter Sunday at 11a.m.
The party will also hold a commemoration in Athenry at noon on Easter Sunday in the new cemetery.
Republican Sinn Féin will hold a wreath-laying ceremony at the execution place of the Tuam Martyrs at Tuam Workhouse at 5 this evening. (Fri)
They will also hold a march on Easter Sunday from 11a.m in the city, starting at the Cathedral and marching to Liam Mellows monument in Eyre Square.
The main Republican Sinn Féin commemoration will take place at the Republican plot in Donaghpatrick cemetery, Caherlistrane at 3pm on Easter Sunday.
The party will hold a wreath-laying ceremony at the grave of Séamus Ó Máille at Kilcummin cemetery in Oughterard on Easter Sunday at 7p.m.
The death has occurred of the former Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora Martin Drennan, six years after he announced his retirement on health grounds. He was aged 78.
The Galway Diocesan Office confirmed the death this (Saturday) afternoon of the Bishop and Apostolic Administrator Emeritus, who oversaw the Diocese for eleven years.
Born on January 2, 1944 in Piltown, County Kilkenny, he studied for the priesthood at Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, from where he was ordained to the priesthood in 1968. His brother Michael is also a priest.
Following his ordination, he continued his studies in Rome where he was awarded a Licentiate in both sacred theology and sacred scripture. He returned to Rome in 1980 to become spiritual director at the Pontifical Irish College for the next five years.
He became a lecturer in sacred scripture at Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, where he continued to teach until his appointment as Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin in 1997 with responsibility for East Wicklow and South Dublin.
Following the retirement of Bishop James McLoughlin, Bishop Drennan was appointed Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh and Apostolic Administrator of Kilfenora and he was installed on July 3, 2005 in Galway Cathedral.
Outgoing Cllr Terry O’Flaherty (Ind) is on course to retain her City Council seat – and top the poll in City East.
With 33% of the boxes tallied, Cllr O’Flaherty is polling strongly, particularly in Renmore.
Michael John Crowe is ahead of his running mate Alan Cheevers for the Fianna Fáil vote, according to the early figures, although that could change when Doughiska and Roscam boxes are opened.
The Green Party’s Claire Hillery is on about 7%, with Fine Gael on 10% and Sinn Fein on 5%.
The opening of boxes for the local elections began at 9am this morning in Leisureland when the tallymen (and women) kicked into gear.
As regards the Galway County Council elections, the smaller areas are being opened first which means that the four-seater Connemara North boxes will be first in the pecking order.
It will be followed by Gort-Kinvara (5 seats), Connemara South (5 seats), Athenry-Oranmore (7 seats), Ballinasloe (6 seats), Loughrea (5 seats) and finally Tuam (7 seats).
The boxes in these areas will be opened and tallied in that particular order before being transferred to the Galway Lawn Tennis Club on Threadneedle Road where the counting will commence around mid-morning.
That is when the fun will really begin – although the tallies should give a good indication as to where most of the seats are destined.
As regards the city, the Galway City East boxes were opened first, followed by Galway City Central and finally Galway City West. These votes will be transferred to the Westside Centre by around 11am for counting.
There are 39 seats on Galway County Council to be filled with 18 on Galway City Council. The City Council count is expected to conclude on Saturday night but the County Council count – with seven electoral areas to be filled – could well go into Monday.
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