Recording Galway

Send us Fan Mail This documentary was broadcast on Galway Bay FM on March 29, 2024 The title  is taken from a headline in the Irish Press announcing the opening of a hat factory in Galway in 1938. Established by Jewish refugees Les Modes Modernes employed approximately 250 throughout the 40s and 50s. It continued to operate on a smaller scale until 1972. Employees from the 40s describe the working...

Send us Fan Mail This short talk by Brendan McGowan is one of eight talks delivered on a walk through Galway on Culture Night, 19 September 2025. The focus was on the individuals remembered in statues and public spaces around the city centre.  Brendan speaks about the life and work of Ó Conaire, the sculptor, the commissioning and unveiling of the statue, and its impact in Galway. Brendan McGowan...

Send us Fan Mail This short talk by Brendan O'Mahony is one of eight delivered on a walk through Galway on Culture Night, 19 September 2025. The focus was on the individuals remembered in statues and public spaces around the city centre.  Brendan talks about the founder of Irish republicanism Theobald Wolfe Tone, his connection with Galway, and the circumstances surrounding the naming of the...

Send us Fan Mail This short talk by Gary McMahon is one of eight delivered on a walk through Galway on Culture Night, 19 September 2025. The focus was on the individuals remembered in statues and public spaces around the city centre.  Gary McMahon talks about the memorialisation of JFK in Eyre Square, in particular the bust by local sculptor Albert O'Toole marking the US president's visi...

Send us Fan Mail This short talk by Mary Cunningham is one of eight talks delivered on a walk through Galway on Culture Night, 19 September 2025. The focus was on the individuals remembered in statues and public spaces around the city centre.  The subject here is the Domincan priest Fr. Tom Burke who was famed for his remarkable oratory skills. His ability earned him the title 'Prince of Prea...

Send us Fan Mail This short talk by Mary Harris is one of eight talks delivered on a walk through Galway on Culture Night, 19 September 2025. The focus was on the individuals remembered in statues and public spaces around the city centre.  Mary's subject is Liam Mellows whose statue is located in Eyre Square. She speaks about his activity during the Easter Rising, the War of Independence and...

Send us Fan Mail This short talk by John Cunningham is one of eight delivered on a walk through Galway on Culture Night, 19 September 2025. The focus was on the individuals remembered in statues and public spaces around the city centre.  John talks about some of those remembered in Eyre Square, with a focus on the monument to Lord Dunkellin by the noted sculptor, John Henry Foley. Unveiled in 1873...

Send us Fan Mail This short talk by Sarah-Anne Buckley is one of eight delivered on a walk through Galway on Culture Night, 19 September 2025. The focus was on the individuals remembered in statues and public spaces around the city centre.  Sarah-Anne's topic is the memorial to the Magdalen Women - The Final Journey Statue - at the site of the former Magdalen Laundry on Forster Street. The me...

Send us Fan Mail This short talk by Jonathan Hannon is one of eight delivered on a walk through Galway on Culture Night, 19 September 2025. The focus was on the individuals remembered in statues and public spaces around the city centre.  Jonathan talks about the bronze statue of Oscar Wilde and Eduard Vilde, gifted to Galway in 2004 by Estonia to mark its accession to the European Union.  Dr Jonat...

Send us Fan Mail Anne Miller born and raised in Galway city. She remembers seeing Galway Hooker boats at Cruinniú na mBád in Kinvara.  She responded to an advertisement in the Advertiser for the introduction course. Her standout moments include the Cong to Galway race and the joyful experience of sailing alongside dolphins 

Send us Fan Mail This is a recording of a walking tour through the streets of Galway where eight speakers give an account, at appropriate locations, of incidents or issues related to the arts which were the cause of some controversy in the past.  SELECT CHAPTERS  above to access individual contributions. The tour was co-ordinated  by Dr John Cunningham and Dr Sarah-Anne Buckley of the University o...

Send us Fan Mail This documentary was broadcast on Galway Bay FM on September 17, 2021 and was part of the online programme for Culture Night that year. It has interviews with Maude O'Donohoe and Jane Hogan who have fond memories of swimming at Salthill, Galway in the sixties. They reveal the rules that were in place at the behest of the local bishops in relation to where people could swim. B...

Send us Fan Mail This is a recording of a walking tour through the streets of Galway focusing on aspects of the history of theatre in the city. It was recorded live on 19 October 2023. There are nine speakers introduced by  John Cunningham, each of whom share interesting stories on their specific topics at significant sites.  Click on chapters above to access individual contributions.   The tour w...

Send us Fan Mail This provides an overview of the activities of the Galway Hooker Sailing Club and gives an account of the restoration of  Loveen   a  hooker boat built in 1925 https://www.galwayhookersailingclub.ie/. The club focusses on restoring and sailing boats used traditionally by communities off the coast of counties Galway and Clare in the west of Ireland. Club members speak about the his...

Send us Fan Mail This tells the story of my efforts to home 5 kittens born in my back garden and my involvement in a humane approach to controlling the feral cat population in my area . During this journey I came in contact with Galway Cat Rescue- a non-profit organisation devoted to cat welfare. Thanks to volunteer Jeanette the 5 kittens were neutered/ spayed along with the mother cat and a numbe...

Send us Fan Mail Martin, a geologist based in the university, is from Toulouse. His family background in sailing has helped him get to grips with sailing Hooker boats. 

Send us Fan Mail Maria, a primary school teacher,  is from Cork. She came to Galway  while on a career break from teaching. The plan for the career break was to go travelling but Covid 19 put a stop to that. The alternative was to learn to sail and she certainly has done that. 

Send us Fan Mail Meet Susanne Lally who joined the Galway Hooker Sailing Club in 2021 after meeting Ciaran Oliver on a walking tour of the Claddagh. Having completed the Hooker Skills Course she was out for her first sail four weeks following her registration.  Though she has no previous experience of  any water sports she is delighted with her new hobby and all the new people she has met in the c...

Send us Fan Mail Eileen Cameron from Co. Armagh tells us about her love of water sports. She has had lots of memorable moments while sailing and rowing. With all this she still finds time to publish the club newsletter, The Masthead,  every month.  

Send us Fan Mail This month Mary and Brenda chatted with Clodagh Durkan who arrived in Galway in 2021 after being away from Ireland for over a decade. She decided to settle in the West to be near family and was delighted to join the Galway Hooker Sailing Club to meet people with a shared interest in water activities. She was just in time to lend a hand in the Loveen restoration project. 

Send us Fan Mail A native of The Netherlands, but settled here since 2016, Sebastian is involved in a range of the club activities. Sailing, power boating, maintenance, VHF training and rowing with the Gráinne Mhaol Club. 

Send us Fan Mail Mary and Brenda chat with Orla Curran a member of the Galway Hooker Sailing Club. Orla speaks about growing up around boats and that special feeling she gets when she is at the helm of the 95 year-old Gleoiteog Loveen which she helped restore. 

Send us Fan Mail A chat with Italian native who came to live in Galway in 2015 because she liked a photo she saw on Google of Long Walk. Despite being very busy at work she finds time to sail, learn power boating skills, learn to row and join in KJS sessions. 

Send us Fan Mail A native of Dublin, Tim Reddin now lives in Spiddal. He took up sailing in the 90s when he bought a small boat. With the help of a friend he figured out how to sail her. He has built up a lot of sailing experience since then and is always happy to share his knowledge with the Hooker Sailing Club which he joined to work on the restauration of Loveen. 

Send us Fan Mail Maura Tomei came to Galway from Italy a year ago. The vibrant music scene was the initial attraction but she quickly fell in love with the sea and was curious about the hooker boats. She went along to the Docklands Festival last October where she found the club and started her sailing adventures.