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Kathleen Bernadette Curran was born in Galway on 27 February 1912 to Mary Carroll and Patrick Curran, a coachman and gardener. [3] [2] She was one of seven children. The family lived on College Road, near the Port of Galway. [1] She attended the Mercy Convent school. [1]
Gardaí immediately suspected robbery was the motive for the killing as her taxi earnings, believed to be around £70, were gone. [10]Following the murder, Costello O'Shaughnessy's mother Nora reported that the household had received a number of calls in the run up to the murder where the caller said nothing for a number of minutes before hanging up.
Halappanavar's death led to protests in Galway, particularly from the local Indian community. [25] The Daily Mirror reported that the University Hospital was the subject of several investigations. [26] Halappanavar had been one of the organisers of the annual Galway Diwali festival, which was cancelled in response to her death. [27]
Towns, villages and communities across Ireland gathered to pay tribute to the memory of Moffitt and Snee in the days after their deaths, [26] with vigils taking place in Sligo, Dublin, Limerick, Waterford, Wexford, Galway, Belfast, Cork, Kilkenny, Louth and Tipperary. [27] [28] [29] [30]
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 ".
Eamonn Casey (24 April 1927 – 13 March 2017) was an Irish Catholic priest who served as bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh in Ireland from 1976 to 1992. His resignation in 1992, after it was revealed he had had an affair with an American woman, Annie Murphy, was a significant event in the history of the Irish Catholic Church.
Whelan was born in Gortrummagh [2] near Clifden, County Galway to farmer John Whelan and Bridget Price on 5 (or 15) October 1898, the sixth child of thirteen. [3] He attended national school at Beleek and Clifden, before leaving school at 15 to work on his father's farm. [3]
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.