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Thai masseuse in Connemara stops taking male clients due to barrage of enquiries for sex services The Journal Source link
Monaghan man breaks his sixth world record with pull of 120-tonne boat in Connemara The Journal Paralympian breaks world record ferry pull in Conamara RTE.ie Paralympian sets sixth Guinness World Record pulling 120 tonne ferry in Connemara The Irish Independent Sixth Guinness World record for Clones man NorthernSound Paralympian to attempt world record ferry pull at Rosaveel Harbour Galway Bay … Read more
A woman who spent five years on death row in the United States is one of the victims of the fire in Connemara which killed two people. Sonia “Sunny” Jacobs spent 16 years in a Florida prison over the murder of two police officers. She was named locally in Connemara as a victim of the … Read more
Two people have died following a house fire in the Connemara area of Co Galway. The fire broke out at a property near Casla, a village between Inverin and Carraroe, at about 6am. Three units of the County Galway Fire Service along with fire personnel from Galway city attended the scene. A forensic examination … Read more
We got a real sense of what it must be like to live somewhere gorgeously warm and sunny over the course of a decent chunk of April and May, with long spells of dry weather and blue skies turning Ireland into a kind of magical outdoor playground. It couldn‘t – and indeed didn‘t – last, … Read more
These days, my father and I meet once a week. From Leitir Péic in Conamara I drive the half-hour west along Cois Fharraige and through the moon-like landscape of Bóthar Loch an Iolra to the townland of Tuairín, where Bob’s dwelling is almost entirely hidden from 30 years of tree planting. He is now 89 … Read more
How agreeable are you? It depends on the context. I love a good debate. I would be agreeable in the sense that I’d be very accommodating and I would like to think that I’m very kind. I can have my bitchy days, like anyone, but I’m a very charitable person. If I’m with friends and … Read more