1910

Live by the sword
Mr W Holian, cottage contractor, Tuam, wrote that he could not proceed with the erection of a cottage for a tailor named Gilligan, as the latter would not leave the present house he was living in, so that the contractor could get the stones of it.

The Clerk [at Tuam Union] said that Gilligan was a tailor and that he got a cottage from the L.G. Board Inspector (laughter).

Mr. Kennedy said it would be imprudent to put the man out of his house under the circumstances. He directed Gilligan to maintain possession of his house.

Gilligan: I will never leave it until I am put out by the sword (laughter).
The Clerk said there was nothing about compensating Gilligan in the award.

It was decided to adjourn the matter, pending a probable arrangement between Gilligan and the contractor.

Church larceny
A larceny is reported to have occurred at the Jesuit Church after last Mass on Sunday. A lady visitor to Salthill, Miss Glynn, who attended that Mass, left after her in the church a purse containing £4 British money and twelve or thirteen dollar bills.
 

On returning for the purse, she was unable to find it. The police were informed of the matter and Mary-Anne Barrett, William Street West, was arrested on charge of having, as alleged, stolen the purse. Peter Barrett was subsequently arrested on the charge of receiving the money, knowing it to be stolen. In his possession was found a sum of 15s. The accused parties were taken before Mr. Kilbride, R.M., on Wednesday, and remanded to next Monday’s Petty Sessions.

Clever young lady
The parents and friends of Miss Agnes Kirwan, of Lower Salthill, will be pleased to hear that she has passed in the first division, and has obtained the title ‘Associate of Arts’ at the recent Senior Oxford University examination, held at St. Mary’s High school, Hull. Miss Kirwan’s success is to a large extent due to the Sisters of the Convent of Mercy School, Galway, where she got her earlier education.

1935

Housing shortage
Ballinasloe Urban Council find themselves faced with a new difficulty arising out of the acute shortage of houses in Ballinasloe. Following a visit by the Department’s Housing Inspector, the Minister for Local Government and Public Health has written to the Council directing the transfer of the seven or eight families now accommodated in the old fever hospital attached to the workhouse to the Council’s new houses at Brackernagh, where the contractor had instructions following the inspector’s visit to have the required number of houses completed as early as possible.

Valuable liner
One hundred and thirty-six passengers joined the liner at Galway and twelve passengers disembarked. When leaving the harbor this morning, the “St. Louis” has all available accommodation booked out.
There were also on board £8 million sterling, a number of motor cars, fifty-one dogs, and a number of bags of meals.

One day strike
Tuam had a one-day strike on Tuesday. Eight local men employed on the second section of the Town Commissioners’ house building scheme at the New Line went out on Monday evening because three men, natives of Ballina, had been taken on the job by the contractors, Messrs. Naughton and Sons, Ballina.

Local labour stood out because several of their fellow workers remain still unemployed and the strike took place to secure the right of local unemployed getting first preference before outsiders are taken in on jobs which are largely financed by local rates.

Deluge
Heavy rain, falling from 12 noon until 12 midnight, marred what might have been a memorable day in Salthill on Sunday. Everything was set for the opening of the gala, which had to be held in the Salthill Pavilion at 8pm, when the Very Rev P. Canon Davis regretted that the rain prevented them holding the events they had fixed for Sunday.

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