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RIP.ie is a death notices website in Ireland, launched in 2005. [1] As of 2021, the website received approximately 250,000 visits per day and more than 50 million pages were viewed each month. Accounts for 2019 showed net assets of over €1 million. [ 2 ]
9 April – Fine Gael leader Simon Harris, aged 37, became Ireland's youngest Taoiseach after a Dáil vote of 88–69 and being appointed by the President. [37] 10 April – A large fire destroyed industrial units in Dublin known as the 'home of car culture in Ireland'. [38] The buildings were home to Deane Motors, Drift Games and JC Autocare. [39]
The Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora (Irish: Deoise na Gaillimhe, Chill Mhic Duaich agus Chill Fhionnúrach) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the west of Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Tuam and is subject to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tuam .
Joyce, then 14, was said to have lured Griffin to his death, asking him to attend to someone who had fallen sick. [17] [18] A group of enthusiasts gathered together in Galway in the spring of 1948 to form a Gaelic football club and they decided unanimously to name the club "Father Griffins".
At least 23 serving Gardaí have been killed by individuals or groups associated with the Republican paramilitary groups, [3] this being the most common cause of death apart from accidents. The most recent death was that of Detective Garda Colm Horkan , who was killed in June 2020, becoming the 89th member of the force to die on duty.
John Cunningham (June 1945 – 8 February 2012) an Irish journalist from Salthill, Galway (originally from Tuam, County Galway). He was national journalist of the year in 1979. [ 1 ] He was editor of the Waterford News & Star from 1982 to 1984 and editor of the Connacht Tribune from 1984 to 2007.
A memorial to the 99 people who died on 14 August 1958 when Dutch aeroplane KLM Flight 607-E crashed into the sea 180 km (112 mi) west of Galway is located just inside the main gates. Several bodies of the passengers are buried around the memorial. [3]
Lough Mask, County Galway In January 1882, Joseph Huddy (a bailiff for the local landlord) and his grandson John Huddy were reputedly murdered and their bodies concealed in Lough Mask. [2] Maamtrasna murders: 5: Maamtrasna, County Galway: Five members of the family of John Joyce were hacked to death on the night of 18 August 1882.