Gort

The town of Gort will this weekend see a gathering of one of Galway’s oldest clans. 

Galway TD Ulick Burke and North-West MEP Jim Higgins have requested a meeting with the European Commissioner to put forward submissions regarding Tynagh Mine in East Galway, amid renewed concerns of water contamination.

A RECENT Gort Community School graduate is using eBay in an attempt to raise money to support him as he starts life as a student.Eighteen-year-old Cillian Fahy collected his Leaving Cert results from the school last week and is now offering his notes, which helped him achieve seven As, to the highest bidder.The young entrepreneur, who has accepted a place in Trinity College Dublin’s English literature and maths course, put his study notes up on online auction site eBay late on Monday night.“It probably won’t fund my way through college but I hope this will give me a bit of a kick-start to get even a small amount of finance. With the economy the way it is now, students have to be a bit smarter about money and hopefully this will make me something and perhaps if it works out, it will encourage other people to do something similar,” the New Quay man told The Clare Champion.Cillian has set a …

A PRESENTATION for trophy winners and section champions in the Gort Show, which was held in Sullivan’s Royal Hotel, Gort, attracted over 40 people from counties Clare and Galway, who were also there to see who had won the Gort Town Basket and Boxes Competition.The winner of the best private house judged on the hanging baskets and window boxes was Vera and Seamus Killeen of Church Street, Gort. Donoghue’s house on George’s Street was second.The best business was Hennelly’s Bar in George’s Street, with the Gallery Café coming a close second. According to the organisers, George’s Street deservedly scooped the top prize for best street.Margaret Cummings of The Punchbowl was awarded a special surprise certificate for the best single hanging basket in the town of Gort.The section champions from the Gort Show included Mary Mahon of Gurteenboy, Gort, who was section champion in both the home produce section and the handcrafts section.“Mary won both these sections in 2009 also, which …

A GROUP of young people from South Galway are putting together a documentary on their local courthouse, which will be screened over the coming week.

HE megalithic era comes to comtemporary Galway in the coming weeks as a soft sculpture of the iconic Poulnabrone Dolmen makes its way around the Aughty Region stretching from Gort to Woodford and Loughrea.

THE 29th Gort Show, which took place on Sunday, was the biggest in its history according to organisers who claim there was up to a four-fold increase in attendance compared to previous years. “The whole showground was full with families, couples and individuals having fun, being amazed and simply relaxing and having a great traditional summer Sunday at an agricultural show,” said the show’s organising secretary Amanda Norton. “The grounds literally buzzed with excitement and fun. There were amazing sights such as the steam-powered traction engine brought all the way from County Cork, the model railway which came from North Mayo, the many multi-coloured craft and trade stalls and the incredible, record breaking display of flowers, vegetables, cooking, crafts and photographs in the main hall. There were dogs, rabbits and snakes, ducks, geese and champion chickens. There were horses, ponies and donkeys from all over Clare and Galway,” she added. The show committee worked for months to organise the event …

RACE week brought more than its traditional lift to the South Galway economy with a number of businesses in Gort experiencing a higher volume of trade than last year.The Galway Races Summer Festival draws crowds from across the country and traffic from the Mid and South-West regions travelling through the town traditionally provides a boost to business.According to a number of the town’s most prominent businesses, trade was up on last year. For O’Grady’s Bar and Restaurant in The Square, race week is always busy but this year was exceptionally so.“It is one of the biggest weeks in the year for us. It is two and a half times what a normal week is in the summer time. Business was up on last year. It was really a mix of locals and passing traffic. We would get a big crowd from Clare, North Tipperary and Limerick and all the usual faces from down through the years would have been here …