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2016 Blog Archive

  • 'The Prisoner of Zenda' in Ballinasloe

    'The Prisoner of Zenda' in Ballinasloe

    Visiting Pictures
  • A Galway girl recounts the Rising

    A Galway girl recounts the Rising

    Belfast police in Galway
  • A letter from a wounded Tuam soldier

    A letter from a wounded Tuam soldier

  • A Prophecy in Wartime

    A Prophecy in Wartime

    St. Anthony Predicts Peace
  • A Sensational Arrest in Tuam

    A Sensational Arrest in Tuam

    Liam Langley of Fianna Éireann Apprehended
  • Ballinasloe Asylum Report

    Ballinasloe Asylum Report

  • Ballinasloe Horse and Pony Races

    Ballinasloe Horse and Pony Races

    Great Galway Carnival
  • Battle at Carnmore and man-o'-war in the bay

    Battle at Carnmore and man-o'-war in the bay

  • Captain Mellows and his Merry Men are Still on the Run

    Captain Mellows and his Merry Men are Still on the Run

    Prof. Steinberger, Salthill Tearooms & Ballinasloe Asylum,
  • County Football Championship 1916

    County Football Championship 1916

    A Disputed Point Declared Tuam Victors.
  • Cricket, Cancer Cure and Rumours from the Curragh

    Cricket, Cancer Cure and Rumours from the Curragh

  • Death of Thomas Ashe

    Death of Thomas Ashe

  • Dramatic capture in Athenry & Arrests in Tuam

    Dramatic capture in Athenry & Arrests in Tuam

  • Duffy's Circus in town!

    Duffy's Circus in town!

  • Eyre Square Fancy Fair and Bazaar

    Eyre Square Fancy Fair and Bazaar

    Land Settlement in Ahascragh
  • First Arrest in Ballinalsoe

    First Arrest in Ballinalsoe

  • From the Newspapers on New Year's Day

    From the Newspapers on New Year's Day

    A taster of some advertisements found in the Galway Newspapers on New Year's Day 1916
  • From the Paper 26 February 1916: The condition of crime in Galway and time for seed planting.

    From the Paper 26 February 1916: The condition of crime in Galway and time for seed planting.

  • From the Papers 02 January 1916: Armenian Genocide

    From the Papers 02 January 1916: Armenian Genocide

  • From the Papers 04 March 1916: News from the Connaught Rangers 5th Battalion

    From the Papers 04 March 1916: News from the Connaught Rangers 5th Battalion

  • From the papers 04 March 1916: Volunteers Interrupt Recruiting Band

    From the papers 04 March 1916: Volunteers Interrupt Recruiting Band

  • From the Papers 05 February 1916: Animal Rights in Tuam and The Dark Colleen

    From the Papers 05 February 1916: Animal Rights in Tuam and The Dark Colleen

    What the Papers Said
  • From the Papers 08 January 1916: Advertisements of the Day

    From the Papers 08 January 1916: Advertisements of the Day

    Advertisements published in the Galway Express on 08 January 1916
  • From the Papers 08 January 1916: Old Harvest Customs, The NSPCC

    From the Papers 08 January 1916: Old Harvest Customs, The NSPCC

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Galway Commemorating
  • Influenza Epidemic in Galway
  • An Galway Execution Remembered
  • End of World War I
  • Concealment and bankruptcy
  • Lighting Tuam
  • Spa Holidays
  • Lady's Day at Athenry
  • Galway Races
  • Galway Coursing Club
  • Galway's Beekeepers
  • Irish Teachers' Conditions
  • Crime of Selling Fresh Bread
  • Galway Races Cancelled?
  • The Jews flee Jaffa
  • Harvesting Materials and Machinery
  • Death of Lord Clonbrock
  • Help for Policeman's family
  • Bishops Oppose Partition
  • Galway's Port Woes
  • Unexpected Election Surprise
  • The Russian Revolution
  • St. Patrick's Day Parade Banned
  • Potatoes for Aran
  • Connemara Reorganising
  • Galway Casualty List
  • Count Plunkett Elected
  • Rasputin (Galway Observer)
  • Battles on the Sereth
  • Connaught's Canadian Ranger's Visit
  • Irish Patriot's End
  • Germans Starving
  • New Year in Galway, 1917
  • Frongoch Amnesty - 117 from Athenry and Oranmore
  • King Frost's Arrival
  • The Poteen was needed for making bread - A Novel Plea!
  • Pigs & Bullets
  • Reviving Cois Fharraige
  • A Massive Silver Salver
  • RIC Rewarded
  • Death of an Emperor
  • Gaslights in Ballinasloe
  • Reserved Sins and Potatoes Agents
  • Lord and Lady Clonbrock's Anniversary
  • Tuam Backs Redmond
  • A Mysterious Gort Benefactor
  • The Hymany Feis at Caltra
  • Faction Fight in Inverin
  • Athenry Decade of Commemoration
  • A UFO in Ballinasloe?
  • Cupid Goes Astray
  • Hidden Gold in Connemara
  • Sinn Fein Tactics - "They cannot expect to gain anything"
  • From Tuam to the Transvaal and beyond ...
  • Some Special Books in Galway County Libraries
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