1915 Deplorable accident On Saturday last, a man named Thomas Nevin, who was employed in the foundry of Messrs. Beatty Brothers, was killed as the result...
1915 Big city blaze The people of Galway were much surprised to find on last Saturday morning (the morning of the great September fair) that the...
1915 Street hurlers At the City Petty Sessions, before Mr. Joseph Kilbride, R.M., and Sir James O’Donohoe, three young men named Griffin, King and O’Connor were...
1915 A serious problem Although taking the country as a whole, there has been a decrease in the deaths from all forms of tuberculosis disease, the...
1915 Mad with drink A remarkable story of a son’s return from a fair “mad with drink”, of his assault upon his aged father, of his...
1915 Violent lunatic A lunatic named Meehan was committed to Ballinasloe Asylum on Thursday week by order of Messrs. S.J. McDonogh and C. Kelly, J.P.s, Dunmore....
Galway Cathedral was officially opened and blessed 50 years ago this month. But the story behind the iconic building goes much further back, to the 1870’s...
1915 Bucket attack At Ballinasloe Petty Sessions, Mary Carey summoned Michael Connolly for alleged assault with a bucket. Witness said she worked for Mr. Charles Greaney,...
