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Items and Things of Interest

  • An Bhean Ghlúine Project 2022

    An Bhean Ghlúine Project 2022

    Midwife - Woman of the Knee - Handywoman
  • Community and Text Alert Programme

    Community and Text Alert Programme

    The Community and Text Alert programme is a community-based crime prevention, care and safety programme for rural communities
  • Digital Equipment Corporation

    Digital Equipment Corporation

    Digital Equipment Corporation, also known as Digital, was a major employer in Galway from the 1970s to the 1990s.
  • Emigration

    Emigration

    Mary Ellen Higgins Diary of Emigration 1927
  • Ffrench's Monivea

    Ffrench's Monivea

    Rent Ledger 1875
  • Harvest Knots

    Harvest Knots

    Harvest knots were a tradition in many places.
  • Lohan's Shop Menlough Galway

    Lohan's Shop Menlough Galway

    Lohan's Tickbook from 1905
  • Old Menlough Exchange Telephone Directory

    Old Menlough Exchange Telephone Directory

    In the 1960s all local telephones were routed through a manual exchange based in Menlough Post Office.
  • So, You Just Saw A UFO

    So, You Just Saw A UFO

    An alien visitation would be a truly outstanding occurrence if it were validated scientifically. It would possibly rank as the greatest discovery ever since science began.
  • The Electric Kettle

    The Electric Kettle

    The first time I saw one.
  • The High Nelly

    The High Nelly

    The "High Nelly" was a slang name given to the upright bike.
  • The Irish Driving Licence

    The Irish Driving Licence

    One of the first to take the new driving test on March 18th. 1964 was the then Minister for Local Government Neil Blaney
  • The Mobile Phone

    The Mobile Phone

    By the early 1990's they had become popular in Ireland at a very high cost.
  • The Old Age Pension

    The Old Age Pension

    The old age pension was first paid in Ireland in 1909. The rate was five shillings.
  • The Passport

    The Passport

    The first time Irish passports were used was by the Irish delegation to the League of Nations in August 1923.
  • The Roscommon Bus

    The Roscommon Bus

    The Roscommon Bus travelled each day from Roscommon to Galway City.
  • The Sugar Beet Campaign

    The Sugar Beet Campaign

    It was necessary to thin the beets. One person would block with the hoe, and the next person would crawl behind and from the clump pull out all beets except one.
  • The Thresher and its history in this area.

    The Thresher and its history in this area.

    The story of Peter Hardiman, Doonaun, and his thresher.
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