A grave misfortune for the administration of justice
By Ann Healy Source: Tuam Herald 17 January 1987 In the second and concluding part of ANN HEALY’S account of the now almost forgotten but once famous attempt on…
By Ann Healy Source: Tuam Herald 17 January 1987 In the second and concluding part of ANN HEALY’S account of the now almost forgotten but once famous attempt on…
Source: Connacht Tribune 1923 The Civic Guards, which are generally regarded as one of the best things in organisation that the Irish Government has so far achieved, are now preserving…
BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE Source: London Morning Chronicle – Tuesday 11 September 1827 Galway Assizes DOYLE V. CLARKE:-Counsellor Blake opened the pleadings. The case was an action for a breach of…
Soldier stabbed with Pitchfork Source: Kentish Weekly Post or Canterbury Journal, Wednesday 27 August 1755 Galway, August 18: Two Soldiers called late at Night at the Door of an Alehouse…
Courts and Crime 1801 – 1849 Athenry Corporation Book (1781 – 1840) lists court cases tried in the town’s Tholsel, a building probably similar in structure to the…