Tom Gillespie

Reporter at The Chronicle (Toowoomba, QLD)

Journalist at @the_chronicle_ and muso. Opinions are mine, and they're very boring. Broncos tragic.

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From the archives: Mayo in olden times

5 days ago | con-telegraph.ie | Tom Gillespie

PART TWO By Tom Gillespie IN the last edition of The Connaught Telegraph of 1939 - December 30 - a feature appeared headed ‘Mayo in olden times’, tracing the history of 12 locations in the county. BALLINTOBER Ballintober (Carra) parish, according to the census of 1831, contained 6,212 inhabitants.
Harristown house fire: Appeal, GoFundMe launched to support family of three children killed in Toowoomba blaze

1 week ago | thechronicle.com.au | Tom Gillespie

Community NewsDon't miss out on the headlines from Community News. Followed categories will be added to My News. An emergency appeal and GoFundMe campaign have been set up to support a Toowoomba family, following a horrific house fire that claimed the lives of three children. Registered city charity Tony’s Community Kitchen has called for financial donations, of which 100 per cent would go to the family once further details were established.
Mayo business Togher Tyres’ success is down to loyal customers

1 week ago | con-telegraph.ie | Tom Gillespie

By Tom Gillespie BREAFFY Road in Castlebar has, in recent years, become a hub of activity as more and more industries and businesses have set up at the location. Such progress has seen a boon for multi award winning Togher Tyres who just celebrated 42 years in the tyre business. The family-run firm were named national tyre retailer of the year for six years, as well as scooping six Connaught/Ulster titles.
Minnesota's disability care community deserves better

1 week ago | startribune.com | Tom Gillespie

Opinion editor's note: Strib Voices publishes a mix of guest commentaries online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. Five years ago, when the COVID-19 pandemic upended our lives, Minnesota called caregivers heroes. We sang songs for them, cheered for them in the streets and thanked them for their sacrifices and continued service amid the pandemic. Today, Gov.
New €730,000 helipad a ‘lifeline for Mayo islanders

1 week ago | con-telegraph.ie | Tom Gillespie

By Tom Gillespie on Inishturk island THE official opening of a new €730,000 state-of-the-art helipad on Inishturk, nine miles off the Mayo coast, offers peace of mind to residents and reassures them that, in times of need or emergency, the Irish Coast Guard or other services have a safe and accessible landing zone. So stated Minister Dara Calleary when he cut the tape to officially open the helipad yesterday (Friday).
Mayo memories: Remembering traditional old fair days in Castlebar town

1 week ago | con-telegraph.ie | Tom Gillespie

By Tom Gillespie TRADITIONALLY, Saturday was market and fair day in Castlebar. Crowds of rural folk flocked to the county town to buy and sell livestock, vegetables and hardware. Rush Street, also known as the ‘pig market’, was where traders set up their stalls. Cyril Chapman was the king of the hawkers, with an auctioneer’s drawl that attracted crowds of young and old to his stand. He sold everything, literally from a needle to an anchor. His selling skills were ahead of their time.
From the archives: Mayo in olden times

1 week ago | con-telegraph.ie | Tom Gillespie

PART ONE By Tom Gillespie IN the last edition of The Connaught Telegraph of 1939 - December 30 - a feature appeared headed ‘Mayo in olden times’, tracing the history of 12 locations in the county. CASTLEBAR So far back as 1609 Sir John Bingham, ancestor of Lord Lucan, obtained for Castlebar the grant for market and fair.
Mayo memories: ‘Butty’ Ketterick a publican ahead of his time

2 weeks ago | con-telegraph.ie | Tom Gillespie

By Tom Gillespie ONE of Castlebar’s all-time great characters was the late, petit Paddy Ketterick from Spencer Street. In his later years, dressed in his white coat, he operated the busy petrol pumps at Josie Bourke’s garage on Ellison Street and knew all of his customers by their first names. Prior to that he was a publican, a hackney driver and lollipop man. He spent some years in America and played a prominent part in the War of Independence.
Local history: Mayo County Council held its first meeting in April 1899

2 weeks ago | con-telegraph.ie | Tom Gillespie

By Tom Gillespie THE first meeting of Mayo County Council was held 126 years ago - Saturday, April 22, 1899 - when the elected members of the new council filed into the Grand Jury room of Castlebar Courthouse at noon. There was no formal handover of power, Joe McDermott of Mayo County Council wrote, from The Connaught Telegraph of April 29, 1899, in the publication ‘Public Spirited People - Mayo County Council 1899-1909’, which was published in 1999.
Specsavers open day to celebrate 20 years in Castlebar

3 weeks ago | con-telegraph.ie | Tom Gillespie

By Tom Gillespie THIS Saturday marks a red letter day for Specsavers in Castlebar who will celebrate 20 years in business in the county town. The Castlebar store directors, Niamh O’Connell and Rachel Murphy, along with Noel Meehan of Specsavers in Galway, opened the Castlebar store in 2005 with a staff of five. Now, two decades on, they employ 17 at Unit 9, Hopkins Road, Castlebar.