1914 ‘Tickling’ the donkey At Ballinasloe Petty Sessions, Constable Ryan summoned Bridget Daly for cruelly ill-treating a donkey. The constable stated that he saw the defendant...
1913 Huge Volunteers turnout The inauguration of the Volunteer movement in Galway was marked by scenes of unparalleled enthusiasm in the streets on Wednesday night.
1913 Boarding-out kids The suggestion that a ladies’ committee should be elected to supervise and control the boarding-out of poor children, compelled to seek a home...
1913 Portumna mystery The disappearance of a respectable farmer named John Brooder from his residence, Church Hill, Portumna, has caused a great sensation throughout the district....
1913 Home Rule fund On Sunday week, a public meeting was held immediately after last Mass at Kilreekil for the purpose of re-organising the local branch...
1913 Suicide attempt A fair-haired lad, of apparently not more than twenty, was put into the dock before Mr. Justice Madden, at the Galway Summer Assizes,...