Galway In Days Gone By

Hospital appeal

The Galway Hospitals’ Committee have decided to ask the permission of the diocesan authorities in Co. Galway for their consent to make money collection at the church doors in the county for the purpose of providing necessary articles such as furniture, etc., in the Central Hospital, Galway.

The Hospital, although one of the best appointed in Ireland, has still need of many little conveniences and comforts that help to contribute towards the amenities of hospital life. The practice of making collections for hospitals is a very old one, and the collectors from Dublin Hospitals some years ago realised goodly sums in County Galway towns.

Charity begins at home, and now that the Galway Hospital, which deserves well of the people, finds itself in straitened financial circumstances, there is an obvious duty on the part of the people of the county to help.

1951

Poor footballing year

The year 1950 had been on of the most uneventful and disappointing in the history of the Board and the time had come to examine and analyse the position carefully with a view to eradicating all flaws and weaknesses, stated Mr. J. Moran, chairman, in his address to the County Football Conference in Galway on Sunday.

Last year, for the first time in many years, continued Mr. Moran, Galway were beaten in the first round of the championships in all three grades. While that could happen even with football in a flourishing position, he said, it was the display of the teams that gave the greatest cause for concern.

For the game with Roscommon, continued Mr. Moran, only a very depleted team was put forward because some players were not available, but even so, Galway were not disgraced and, with a little luck, might have won, but there was no denying the fact that Galway were not up to All-Ireland standard.

The juniors were heavily defeated by Mayo at Tuam after a listless display. The fact that Mayo were the eventual winners of the competition proved very poor consolation for there was not one redeeming feature about their play.

Pictured: The cast of Renmore Pantomime's production of Snow White in 1988.