Connaught Telegraph

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

by Tom Gillespie ON this date 92 years ago - June 17, 1933 - The Connaught Telegraph published an article on the evils of poteen making, which was prominent at the time, and asked: ‘How long will it be before Ireland is rid of the Devil’s Brew – poteen’. The report read: It is well named and takes a toll which only the devil would think of demanding. A few months ago (early 1933) a young boy was left in charge of a ‘run’ out in the wild country north of Easkey.

1 week ago | con-telegraph.ie | Craig Meighan

By Craig Meighan, PA Scotland Political Reporter Liam Gallagher has slammed a Scottish council after officials were accused of suggesting Oasis fans are “drunk, middle-aged and fat”. The remarks were revealed in safety briefings drawn up ahead of the band’s three sellout shows at Murrayfield in August. In the documents, concerns were raised that the sold-out Oasis Live ’25 Tour would clash with the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

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

By Tom Gillespie A SCORCHING June sun played havoc with poorly laid tarmacadam on Castle Street, Castlebar, in 1962, which had local businesses on the street up in arms amid complaints that tar was being carried into homes and splashed up on the front of homes.

1 week ago | con-telegraph.ie | Patrick Fox

by Patrick Fox Patrick Joseph Peyon was born in Carracastle, near Ballina, beneath the shadows of the great Ox Mountains on January 9, 1909, to parents John Peyton and Mary Gillard. He was the sixth of a family of five girls and four boys living on a small holding of land. He attended Bofield National School at the age of five and later went to Bonniconlon National School, run by Tadhg O’Leary, where Patrick stayed with his grandparents, Robert and Kitty Gillard.

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

By Tom Gillespie SEVENTY-SEVEN years ago (1948) Ireland was a very different place, politically, to what it is today. The Connaught Telegraph, in reviewing that year in their edition of January 8, 1949, reviewed the outstanding happenings of the previous year, including a general election. It was held on February 4. The 147 newly elected members of the 13th Dáil assembled on February 18 when the first inter-party government in the history of the Irish state was appointed.