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ne of the smallest townlands in the parish of Castlegar is Milestone, contained in only one and a half acres of land. It takes its name from a large boulder nudged into its present position by the entrance of the Holy Family school on the Renmore to Galway road, during some ancient ice movement. Every schoolchild in the city knows that it is exactly one mile from that spot to Williamsgate Street in Galway. It is a stone with a story to tell. The famous 1651 map of Galway describes the road from Eyre Square to this spot as "the little lane which leads to Lynch's rock known as Clogh an Lface". Nobody knows who this Lynch was but 54 years before the map was drawn, the adventurous Red Hugh O'Donnell rested there with his troops after he h a d successfully s a c k e d the N o r m a n town of Athenry. He sent a message to the Galway mayor demanding food and drink for his men. He offered to pay for the supplies but threatened to attack the city if his request was refused. The mayor at the rime, show ing the same sang-froid as recent mayors displayed to howling protestors told b u n in polite terms what he could d o with h i s demands. Red Hugh launched an attack but Galway was t o o well defended and Red Hugh, probably embarrassed by his failure, and hence his name, went home to Sligo. he story of Clogh an Lince is only one of the many historical anecdotes in Archdeacon Padraic 6 Laoi's i n f o r m a t i v e 'History of i Castlegar Parish', which was J published recently. Although its sporting heroes are legendary, Castlegar is not the mighty parish i t o n c e w a s . T h e I sprawling city demands new parishes but O Laoi's book includes the parish as it exist- . ed p r i o r t o 1 9 5 0 when it 6 Laoi: stories to telL s t r e t c h e d from M i e n l o c h (Menlo) and Angliham by the lake to Merlin Park and Murrough by the sea. There are wonderful stories of the rowing triumphs of the Emmetts Rowing club in the 1920s. These were ordinary men with a natural talent for rowing who wiped the smile from the snobby faces of the established rowing clubs of the day who had no place for the men from M ion loch. In a sensational cli max to successive club victories the Emmetts narrowly defeated Trinity to win the coveted Blue Riband of Irish Rowing, the sport's highest award. By chance that year, 1929, t h e regatta was held in Galway. Every man, woman and child in the parish lined the river banks and t o u t e d until they were hoarse. The parish priest Fi Fagan stood beside the inning post up to his vater praying for victory 'ith his head bowed. An appropriate car recalls those great days h pier. * ?. iaptcrs on the famine, games and raveyards. castles and interesting >ries about the men who fought for

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from page 1 The B e a u t y Queen of feet p a r t n e r . T h e show Leenane toured extensively received rave reviews and took the next step by mov in Ireland and also had a ing to Broadway. It is a fan very successful r u n in tastic achievement that the London. There were show moved to Broadway n u m e r o u s a p p r o a c h e s to so quickly," she remarked. bring t h e p r o d u c t i o n to T h e show o p e n e d on the America, but it shows the world famous theatre strip strength of Hynes that she on Thursday April 23, and is refused to bring the show to almost totally booked out A m e r i c a unless t h e same for the next three months cast was involved. certainly there are no 'best "The American Actors seats' available until Guild only allows foreign August. actors p e r f o r m for 2 6 Hynes pays tribute to Irish w e e k s , after w h i c h they audiences for their acclama have t o b e r e p l a c e d by tion of the production, say American actors w h o a r e ing without its interest and members of the guild. support it would be doubtful "We were looking for suit The B e a u t y Q u e e n of able partners to bring the Leenane would be enjoying production to America and its present stunning success. The Atlantic Theatre in New The nominations for the York proved to be that perTony Awards received by T h e B e a u t y Q u e e n of Leenane are: best play; best * * S T O P ! * * director (Garry Hynes); best performance by a featured for actor (both T o m Murphy and Brian O ' B y r n e ) ; best performance by a leading actress (Marie Mullen); and best performance by a fea at tured actress (Anna R a s c a l ' s Manahan). The play, written by AngloIrish p l a y w r i g h t M a r t i n McDonagh, has already won a n u m b e r of a w a r d s in America. Hynes won the L u c i l l e L o r t e l a w a r d for Outstanding Direction and the production shared t h e award for Outstanding Play with US play 'Gross Indecency'. The O u t e r C r i t i c s C i r c l e recently announced its award winners for this year and Beauty Queen scooped the Outstanding Broadway Play a w a r d , w h i l e in t h e 1998 Theatre World Awards the cast won the award for Outstanding Ensemble.

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T h e Irish Women's Health Directory, the first of its kind in Ireland, was launched last week. As one in five Irish women will be aged 60 o r over by t h e year 2010, this d i r e c t o r y will act a s a resource guide for older Irish women to identify support groups a n d access informa tion relevant to their health needs. "This comprehensive directory, containing information on 27 support groups around Ireland, aims to provide infor mation on diseases that become prevalent in a woman's later life - osteoporosis, coronory heart disease, cancer, depression and Alzheimer's disease. Elimination of risJwfactors for these common diseases, prevention, early detection and treatment are all only possible through high quality information," commented Dr Maire Milner, director of the Menopause Clinic at the Rotunda Hospital. The directory, sponsored by an educational grant from Eli Lilly, is available by sending a stamped (45p) self addressed envelope to Lilly Women's Health Bureau, 'Casita', Saval Park Crescent, Dalkey, Co Dublin.

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