2012 Issue 33
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Editor: Christine Brennan Editorial Board: Brian Brennan, Dick Burke, Mossey Clabby, Paddy Cooke, Mary Counihan, Maura Helebert, Monica McGrath, Marty O’Connor, Evelyn Roche, Colm Ward, Josephine Ward. Cover: View of Gort from the Pound Road, Lavally by Josephine Ward. Contributors: Tom Fahy, Mary Lynskey, Mary Moran, Angela Donoghue, Renee Brennan, Josephine Ward, Fiona Buckley, Patrick McLoughlin, Dick Burke, Mike O’Connor, Mossey Clabby, Edel Nolan, Yvonne Nolan, Sheila Walsh, Anthony Coppinger, Jerry Sheehan, Pat Flaherty, Áine O’Loughlin, Mary Hawkins, Eileen O’Connor, Peadar Ó Conaire, Brian Brennan, Howard McCarthy, Tony Lannon, Pauline Della Chiesa, Michael O’Grady, Stephen Cunniffe, Anne Burke, Michelle Fitzmaurice, Margaret Walsh, Gerry Tuohy, Mary F. Long Moore, Cathal Broderick, Austin McInerney. Illustration: Dick Burke, Josephine Ward. Photographs: Tony Lannon, Sean Curtin, Richard Wall, Frank Cahill, John Scarry, David O’Reilly, Brian Brennan, Josephine Ward, Mike Muldoon, Jim Earley. Designer: Brainstorm Design Print: Swiftprint & Design |
Contents Journey to the Past Oyster Fishing - How World War II Benefited South Galway Winning Streak Gort & District Show 1981 - 2012 Seamus Clandillon and the early years of radio broadcasting Kilbrencah - Gort’s Newest Musical Group In the days of Jack Charlton The Trees of Coole Coole Music Gort Gathering 2013 Hard To Know Really Down Memory Lane A tribute to Rynal Coen Gort Public Library - at the heart of the community Artur Kozlowsky (1977 – 2011) Gort No Name Success Trains, Gort Station and Me. Country Life A stroll down Queen Street Guess who's coming for dinner Gort's family fun day The Bus Tribute to Hubert Courtney (1939-2012) 2012 Law Enforcement Courage Award The County Final - An 'Ex Pat's Perspective' Hurlers on the ditch Gort GAA Club St Colman's Camogie Club An Post Ras hits Gort South Galway Athletics Club Garda 7 a-side National School Hurling Competition Guaire Cup Celebrates 60th Anniversary Coole F.C. Gort I.C.A. Guide Celebrates 64 years Camino: way, trail, path. Gort Cancer Support Opens New Centre Vicious Circle Jenny Wren - a childhood memory Poetry Gort Golf Club Awards Honorary Life Membership |