An Inspired Llama

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This weekend was a very important one for this very stressed Llama. I was lucky enough to be involved in a Writing Convention which took place in NUIG on Saturday. You may ask, “Why would a Llama want to get involved in such a large event?” Well, my friends, its simple, I just can’t stop saying yes to organizing things. And at this event, we were treated to a variety of talks and performances, one of which was from Sinéad and Saibh from Into The West Blogger Network, who held a talk about Irish Blogging and how to start.

Saibh Egan and Sinéad Carroll from Into The West Blogger Network at the NUIG talk.

Both Saibh and Sinéad run their own blogs (which I will have links for at the end of this post) and have created a place where Irish bloggers from home and abroad can get in…

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Kildare team to face Galway in Tuam is Named

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Eamonn Callaghan returns from suspension for Kildare’s make or break Division 2 fixture against Galway in Tuam tomorrow.

The Naas man has been named at top of the right by Jason Ryan having missed last weekend’s nail-biting 1-12 to 1-9 victory over neighbours Laois.

Niall Kelly misses out after picking up an injury in the Leinster U-21 final defeat to Dublin mid-week.

1. Mark Donnellan Maynooth
2. Oillie Lyons Celbridge
3. Mick O’Grady Celbridge
4. Ciaran Fitzpatrick Kilcock
5. Peter Kelly Two Mile House
6. Fergal Conway Celbridge
7. Emmet Bolton Eadestown
8. Gary White Sarsfields
9. Paul Cribbin Johnstownbridge
10. Keith Cribbin Johnstownbridge
11. Eoghan O’Flaherty
12. Fionn Dowling Suncroft
13. Eamonn Callaghan Naas
14. Padraig Fogarty St Laurences
15. Alan Smith Sarsfields

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Ennis girl to work in ward where she beat leukaemia

The Clare Herald

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Keeping Up With The Drama: ISDA Edition Introduction

Gardaí seek information on missing Galway teen

The Clare Herald

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Peter Kirwan and the ‘Five Shilling Murder’

Divergent Paths

Peter Kirwan’s sojourn in Stafford could have been very short. In 1853 he was accused of involvement in Stafford’s most notorious killing of the Victorian age, the so-called ‘Five Shilling Murder’. He and two other Irishmen, Ned Walsh and Charles Moore, were charged with the murder of a farmer and his wife. In the end Kirwan escaped the hangman’s noose and ultimately the family survived in Stafford until 1884. They were one of the terminal families who just faded away.

Peter and Margaret Kirwan arrived in Stafford with their three children some time in 1852. Like many of Stafford’s Irish they came from Co. Galway. Peter Kirwan had probably worked in the Stafford area before the Famine, and now he survived on scraps of farmwork. He and his wife were already in their forties, however, and they earned a bit more money by running a lodging house in Plant’s Square…

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Appeal for information on missing Galway girl (15)

The Clare Herald

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Go On! 7th International Disability Law Summer School, Galway, 22–26 June 2015

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The Centre for Disability Law and Policy at NUI Galway has announced that it will hold the 7th International Disability Law Summer School from June 22-26, 2015. The theme will be Disability-Inclusive Development Aid.

The purpose of this five-day International Disability Summer School is to equip participants with the insights and skills necessary to translate the generalities of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities into tangible reform for persons with disabilities. The core focus of this year will be on Human Rights and Disability-Inclusive Development.

We look forward, as usual, to a world-class Faculty and participants from around the globe including persons with disabilities, civil society groups, advocates for disability law reform, lawyers, policy makers and policy analysts.
In 2014, the summer school attracted over 100 participants from 39 different countries – from Africa, Asia, Latin America and China. We believe it is the biggest such event…

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Resolutions – Galway – 1782

The Burren and Beyond

Freemans Journal 20th April, 1782 p3 (abridged)

Blessing of the Colours
John Lavery, 1922.
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At a full meeting of the Grand Jury, Gentlemen, Clergy and Freeholders of the County of Galway assembled pursuant to public notice from the High Sheriff at the County Hall in Galway on the 31st of March, 1782. The following resolutions were unanimously entered into;
Resolved;
That a seat in Parliament was never intended by our constitution as an instrument of emolument to individuals and that the representative who perverts it to such a purpose (particularly at so momentous a period as the present), is guilty of betraying the trust reposed in him by the people for their, not HIS benefit.
Resolved;
That the people who could tamely behold their suffrages made the tool of private avarice or ambition are still more criminal than the venal representative as they become the panders without even…

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Clare Youth Group gets behind the camera

The Clare Herald

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