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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, also known as Digital, was a major employer in Galway from the 1970s to the 1990s.
Harvest Knots
Harvest knots were a tradition in many places.
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
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 first time I saw one.
The High Nelly
The "High Nelly" was a slang name given to the upright bike.
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
By the early 1990's they had become popular in Ireland at a very high cost.
The Old Age Pension
The old age pension was first paid in Ireland in 1909. The rate was five shillings.
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 travelled each day from Roscommon to Galway City.
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 story of Peter Hardiman, Doonaun, and his thresher.
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Fatal Fire Tragedy
Recalling a fire tragedy at a Travelling Community site at Brierfield in 1963
Big Houses of County Galway
Images, families and locations of 'Big Houses' in Co. Galway. Some are no longer extant.
They lived amongst and with us.
Some photographs of our local people that are no longer with us.
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