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FOR TRENDY GALWAY GIRLS

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Dominick Street Galway

Final Week of Free Draw
O Y S T E R F E S T I V A L '73 Gilbeys of I r e l a n d L t d . recently held a press confer ence t o a n n o u n c e their cos p o n s o r s h i p of this year's G a l w a y Oyster Festival. T h e Festival, w h i c h celebrates its n i n t e e n t h b i r t h d a y this year is one of t h e oldest festivals in I r e l a n d . At t h e reception in Dublin were (left) Rory M u r p h y , Festival C o m m i t t e e Secretary, A n n O ' D o n o g h u e , Recording Secretary; David Dand, Managing Director, Gilbeys L t d . ; T o m M a c Carthy-O'Hea, committee member, and Liam O'Brien, Festival C o m m i t t e e c h a i r m a n

Come up & see us about it. LAST WEEK'S WINNER A76

Historic Boat to visit Galway

If only I lived in Galway
" H e l l o Mr. S" said he, as I stepped longingly into Paddy Burkes, Clarenbridge, w o n d e r i n g w h e r e t h e a r o m a of m i n t s a u c e , n e w potatoes and fresh vegeta bles was coming from. H e anticipated me a n d said "we are doing dinners out h e r e on W e d n e s d a y and T h u r s d a y nights"! said he "Can I have dinner here t o - n i g h t " s a i d I. H e l o o k e d " g e n u i n e l y " s a d as h e s a i d "we a r e booked out for to-night" he continued ,"are you free to-morrow n i g h t ? " I b o o k e d a cosy table immediately. How e v e r h e d i d say t h a t "If y o u w a n t e d to b r i n g a p a r ty a n y n i g h t , I w o u l d g i v e you a dinner of your choice a n d look after you! "If o n l y I l i v e d in G a l w a y " I sighed to myself. H. S.

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Commencing Friday 13th July
OPEN UNTIL 9 P.M. FRI DA Y

Sail T r a i n i n g S h i p Asgard visits G a l w a y this week from W e d n e s d a y 11 t h to F r i d a y 13th. Asgard is o n her a n n u a l t r i p a r o u n d t h e coast of Ireland. Asgard left H o w t h o n J u n e 17th w i t h h e r skipper C a p t . E r i c Healy in c o m m a n d a n d i n c l u d e d in h e r crew w e r e W a t c h Officers from Dublin, Westport and Cas tlebar. T r a i n e e s o n b o a r d c a m e from D u b l i n a n d Cork and included Donough O ' L e a r y from Salthill, G a l way. Asgard arrived in Sligo o n J u l y 1st a n d left for G a l way o n July 4 t h with V o l u n teer S k i p p e r S e a m u s K e r r i g a n from D u b l i n in c o m m a n d . H e r crew included t h e following: W a t c h Officers -- M r . J o h n Cahill, Castlebar, and M r s . A n n M a r t i n , G a l way. T r a i n e e s -- Misses A n n M c H u g h and A n n Marie R a b b i t t e , b o t h from Galway with others from W e s t p o r t a n d Strandhill. D u r i n g her stay in G a l w a y Asgard will b e p r e p a r e d for her next voyage with t h e help of m e m b e r s of t h e G a l w a y Bay Sailing C l u b a n d L o u g h rea Sailing C l u b . I t is h o p e d that it will be possible t o arrange an evening t r i p d u r ing h e r stay in Galway. O n F r i d a y , 13th July Asgard will leave G a l w a y for C r o s s h a v e n w i t h trainees Phillip Kennedy and Diarmuid O ' L e a r y from Salthill, G a l way. O n 25th July Asgard sails to take p a r t in t h e Sail Training Association race from W e y m o u t h to St. M a l o w h i c h is d u e to take place o n 30th July. H e r regular skip p e r C a p t . Eric Healy will be in c o m m a n d a n d h e r crew include as W a t c h Officers Barry M a r t i n and M i c h a e l Casey of G a l w a y Bay Sailing C l u b . A s g a r d has h a d m a n y successes in r a c e s ; she was first in h e r class in S . T . A . R a c e in conjunction w i t h t h e Olympics. Asgard was built in N o r way in 1905 a n d was a w e d d i n g p r e s e n t of D r . and M r s . H a m i l t o n O s g o o d of Boston t o their d a u g h t e r o n her marriage to Erskine Childers. I n 1914 A s g a r d m a d e her famous g u n r u n n i n g voyage b r i n g i n g 900 g u n s a n d 2,900 r o u n d s of a m m u n i t i o n from B e l g i u m to H o w t h for t h e Irish V o l u n t e e r s . I n 1926 Asgard was sold by M r s . Childers a n d passed t h r o u g h several h a n d s u n t i l p u r c h a s e d in 1961 b y t h e Irish G o v e r n m e n t . Asgard was u s e d b y t h e Irish N a v a l Service a n d in 1968 was p u t in t h e charge of t h e M i n i s t e r for F i n a n c e for use as a Sail Training Ship, under the g u i d a n c e of a c o m m i t t e e of y a c h t s m e n k n o w n as Coiste a n Asgard. P e r s o n s wishing to k n o w m o r e a b o u t t h e aims a n d objects of Coiste a n d A s g a r d s h o u l d contact Barry M a r t i n , 64 D u n N a M a r a , R e n m o r e , Galway.

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LEISURELAND'S SUCCESS CONTINUES L e i s u r e l a n d ' s first week in operation has surpassed d e m a n d expectation. People are q u e u i n g u p before 10 a.m. to avail of t h e facilities a n d services, a n d t h e traffic grows u p t o a m o m e n t u m as t h e final n i g h t p r o g r a m m e a p proaches. R i c h a r d M . O ' B y r n e , chief executive, has confirmed t h a t t h e m i n i golf, c h i l d r e n ' s play c e n t r e , creche, b i n g o , cinema a n d two shops will b e g o i n g into operation at t h e end of this week/early next week and has asked to convey t h e c o m p a n y ' s apologies t o t h e c u s t o m e r s , for not h a v i n g t h e s e facilities available d u r i n g t h e formative week d u e t o cir cumstances beyond the com pany's control. I r e l a n d - W e s t has agreed with the management to sponsor c o n t i n u o u s special L e i s u r e l a n d w e e k e n d s for t h e h i g h season. T h i s m e a n s , in effect, that a vigorous m a r k e t ing policy is p r e s e n t l y b e i n g implemented on a national scale, b y b o t h c o m p a n i e s , t o sell Galway as an " A l l - i n " package weekend u s i n g L e i s u r e l a n d ' s facilities a n d ser vices, as t h e m a i n attraction a n d destination. NEW PEACE COMMISSIONER M r . M a r t i n (Brod) L o n g , "St. Jude's," 5 Claddagh Q u a y , has b e e n a p p o i n t e d b y t h e M i n i s t e r for Justice t o b e a Peace C o m m i s s i o n e r in t h e C o u n t y of Galway and in t h e C o u n t i e s immediately adjoin ing that county.

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