2014 Issue 34

Guaire 2014 Issue 34

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Editorial Board: 
Christine Brennan (Editor)
Tonii Kelly, Brian Brennan, Mossey Clabby, Colm Grealish (Photo Editor) , Mary Lynskey, Josephine Ward (Illustrations), Colm Ward, Dick Burke, Paddy Cooke, Monica McGrath, Marty O'Connor, Evelyn Roche, Maura Helebert.


Cover: A view of St Colman’s Church, Gort, oil on canvas by Mavis Gormally. A native of New York living in South Galway, artist Mavis Gormally teaches classes to various age-groups. Find out more at www.facebook.com/ mavisgormallyart

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Contents

Gort Men's Shed
Local Photographer wins All Ireland Prize
Hats off to Margaret - Interview with Margaret O'Connor
The deep south through Irish eyes - Interview with James Mahon
Interview with Murray Piggott
Around the World
50 Years of the Gort Mart
St Patrick's Day Festival Report
Cooley/Collins Memories
Walk down memory lane at Gathering Event
A childhood tale - Josephine Ward
Census records reveal brave solider's story by Mossey Nagle
The Hiring Fair by Pat Farrell
Gort Community Playground
Galway nurses during the emergency years by Mary Hawkins
Comhaltas comes to Gort by Renee Brennan
Poetry 
From Gorteenboy to Philadelphia and back again by Pat Regan
Taekwondo Academy Success
Eileen Brennan Memorial Tournament
Fight Night – White Collar Boxing comes to Gort
Courageous St Colman ’s Cougars – Gort Basketball on the up
Faith and Faithlessness tackled in debut novel by young Gort writer - interview with Lisa McInerney
Country Life - the evening milking by Mary Moran
Tony Cloran – master craftsman, singer, friend
Conundrum by Niall Finnegan
Memories with Desmond Coen
Tomás Ó Quigley, The Barber
Lest we Forget - WWI remembered
South Galway in pictures
Culture Night
Fun Times with Gort I.C.A.
Down Memory Lane