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Discovering a Treasure: The Fishery Watchtower, Galway
By Róisín Curé on December 14, 2015
PREMIUM. The Fishery Watchtower in the heart of Galway City is an intriguing little museum full of original architectural features and lots of information about...
Sketching the City of the Tribes
By Róisín Curé on November 19, 2015
A city on the sea like Galway is always full of wonderful sketching opportunities...but on a cold winter's day sketching the city of the tribes...
Cruinniú na mBád: Galway Hookers in Kinvara – Grace and Beauty in Blackberry and Oxblood
By Róisín Curé on August 18, 2015
PREMIUM. Galway Hookers, traditional boats of Ireland's West Coast, were once a vital part of Galway's trade and economy. Their beauty and glory are celebrated...
A Week in the Summer, Galway Style
By Róisín Curé on August 10, 2015
PREMIUM. My husband's mother gave us some gorgeous furniture, which my brother-in-law brought to us from England. We spent a week fishing and hiking together...
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Yeats’ Tower, Thoor Ballylee, Re-Opens Amid 150th Birthday Celebrations
By Róisín Curé on June 16, 2015
PREMIUM. Thoor Ballylee in Co. Galway is known as Yeats' Tower, because it once belonged to the great Irish poet. It has re-opened to the...
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Kelly’s Oysters at 60: A Story of Determination
By Róisín Curé on November 18, 2014
Róisín talks to Kelly's Oysters after 60 years in business in the west of Ireland and hears how they struggled and overcame in the early...
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Discover Tyrone House, Co. Galway in Watercolour
By Róisín Curé on June 17, 2013
PREMIUM. Róisín describes Tyrone House and its past through watercolour