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  • "No Worry" Share My Memories: Mary Kenny, née Farrell of Newcastle, Aughrim, Co. Galway

    "No Worry" Share My Memories: Mary Kenny, née Farrell of Newcastle, Aughrim, Co. Galway

    Making our own fun The bridge near Crehan’s was a gathering place, with bonfires and dancing. Music was courtesy of Tom ...
  • Abbey Heritage Group, Co. Galway

    Abbey Heritage Group, Co. Galway

    Find out more about Abbey Heritage Group’s postcard project here
  • Athenry Walled Towns Day: Sunday 14 August 2022

    Athenry Walled Towns Day: Sunday 14 August 2022

  • Bellagill Bridge, scene of the last known fatal duel in Ireland

    Bellagill Bridge, scene of the last known fatal duel in Ireland

    Bellagill Bridge crosses over the River Suck straddling the border between the counties of Roscommon and Galway about 2 miles ...
  • Exhibition: An Garda Síochána Galway: 100 Years of Keeping People Safe

    Exhibition: An Garda Síochána Galway: 100 Years of Keeping People Safe

    This section of the site is restricted to members of the iCAN team only. If you are a member, you ...
  • Galway's Living Bog, Carrownagappul Bog, Mountbellew, Co. Galway

    Galway's Living Bog, Carrownagappul Bog, Mountbellew, Co. Galway

    Raised Bogs once covered approximately three quarters of a million acres of Ireland. Today less than 1% of that figure ...
  • Heritage Council Grant Helps Save 13th Century Castle on East Galway Farm

    Heritage Council Grant Helps Save 13th Century Castle on East Galway Farm

    A grant from the Heritage Council has helped Kilconnell farmer Joe Callanan save a 13th century castle wall which acts ...
  • Killererin Heritage Group, Co. Galway

    Killererin Heritage Group, Co. Galway

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  • Loving Old Boats

    Loving Old Boats

    This is an audio documentary on the restoration and launch of a Hooker Boat by the Galway Hooker Sailing Club. ...
  • Mass Rock at Sylane, near Tuam

    Mass Rock at Sylane, near Tuam

    Mass Rock at Sylane, near Tuam. Lovely quiet space nestled in the midst of mature trees with a marker where ...
  • Medieval Dunmore, Dunmore Augustinian Friary and Claddagh Castle

    Medieval Dunmore, Dunmore Augustinian Friary and Claddagh Castle

    Introduction Dunmore is 15 kilometres north east of Tuam and it’s bounded on the north by County Roscommon, on the east by ...
  • Milltown Heritage Group, Co. Galway

    Milltown Heritage Group, Co. Galway

    For more on Milltown’s postcard project see here %video%
  • Moycullen Heritage Group, Co. Galway

    Moycullen Heritage Group, Co. Galway

    Find out more about how Moycullen Heritage Group developed their postcard here %video%
  • Moylough Heritage Society

    Moylough Heritage Society

    Find out more about Moylough Castle here and about the postcard project  here  
  • Oughterard Boat Builder -Tommy Mallon

    Oughterard Boat Builder -Tommy Mallon

    Larch and oak Tommy Mallon standing beside a Carval built fishing boat. Tommy built 9-10 of these boats in the 1970s ...
  • Oughterard Heritage Group, Co. Galway

    Oughterard Heritage Group, Co. Galway

  • Renvyle Banshee

    Renvyle Banshee

    Around 40 or 50 years ago, my aunt in Connemara swears that she heard a banshee. She was living in Renvyle, ...
  • Skehana & District Heritage Group, Co. Galway

    Skehana & District Heritage Group, Co. Galway

    For more on the Skehana postcard see here and to view a montage of the photographs taken over the course ...
  • The Daoine agus Áit Heritage Postcard Collection

    The Daoine agus Áit Heritage Postcard Collection

    The bi-lingual project title encapsulates our objective of drawing on a shared history and heritage to connect people with their ...
  • The Galway Buzz - Buzz na Gaillimhe

    The Galway Buzz - Buzz na Gaillimhe

    A National Biodiversity Week programme Connecting People with Nature
  • Woodlawn Heritage Group, Co. Galway

    Woodlawn Heritage Group, Co. Galway

    Find out more about the Woodlawn Heritage Group postcard project here
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