September 30, 2010

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1910

Application for a wife

At the weekly meeting of Galway Board of Guardians, the Master handed in the following letter from a man from Newcastle Road, Galway, who says he wants a wife:

“Chairman and Gentlemen, would you be good enough to look through the house and see could you get what would suit me. She must be strong and healthy, quiet and sober, about 40 years of age. I am able to give a good living. I have 12s a week. I would be very kind to a good woman – Your obedient servant, Patrick Dolan.”

The reading of the letter was received with loud laughter. It was stated, however, that the communication was bona fide and that the application does really want a wife. The Master was directed to search through the workhouse and try to find a suitable lady willing to take the gentleman for better or for worse.

Drunk in charge

Constable McEntyre summoned Patrick Holian, Tierboy-road, Tuam, for being drunk in charge of a horse and cart on the 18th inst. Defendant was also summoned for not having a light on his cart on the same occasion. The constable stated that the defendant was a danger to the public and himself. Fines of 2s 6d and 1s 6d were imposed.

1935

Dancehall decision

“I believe one dancehall is enough to cater for the dancing population of the district of Ballymacward,” said Mr Cahill, D.J., at Gurteen Court, where two dancehall licence applications were before him. Mr. Brendan Glynn, solr., Ballinasloe, applied for a licence for the local parochial hall on behalf of the parochial committee, and Mr. P. Hogan, sold., for an occasional licence for four dances on behalf of Mr. Martin Ward, Ballymacward.

The justice said he was glad there had been a full discussion on the two halls and that all the facts were put before the court. His chief concern was with the supervision. As he was against granting dance lincenes to individuals to run for private gain, and as he was of the opinion trhat one dance hall was enough for the village of Ballymacward, the question was which of the two was more easily supervised. He was opposed to the private dance hall.

He believed that a dance run by a responsible and respectable committee would be properly supervised and that their interest did not cease when the door receipts where counted as he believed many private dance halls did. He had nothing against Mr Ward or his character in saying this.

Serious complaint

A serious complaint was made at the Tuam Town Commissioners meeting on Tuesday evening when Mr. O’Malley reported that at the last fair in Tuam there were not sufficient wagons at the railway station to take away the stock and that buyers had to wait for hours before their could get their stock railed.

This is a complaint that was never heard of before in Tuam. Mr. O’Malley said two buyers complained to him that they had to wait from 9a.m. to 3a.m. before the wagons were available and one of the buyers said it was his first time at Tuam fairs and he would take care it was his last, he was so disappointed with the rail facilities.

Aerodrome land

Arising out of recent discussions at meetings of the Galway Harbour Board and Galway Urban Council regarding the need for a fully licensed aerodrome at Oranmore, it is interesting to note that a Bill to confer on local authorities the right to acquire land for aerodromes in conjunction with the Land Commission, and with the approval of the Department of Local Government, is stated to be under consideration by the Government. It is believed that very few aerodromes in the Saorstat would be self-supporting for the present.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.