East Galway News and Views - Editor Gerry Ahern - gerryahern@hotmail.com - monthly throughout County Galway 

Sean Lester, Poland and the Nazi Takeover of Danzig - Paul McNamara - Sean Leister, a Belfast Protestant and Irish Nationalist, became one of Ireland's first truly international diplomats when, in 1934, he took up the post of High Commissioner of the League of Nations in the Free City of Danzig, a Baltic Port which both Germany and Poland coveted. 2009 

"The Ploughman on the Pound Note" by Eugene Duggan! This impressive book -a must for those interested in the history of farming especially in County Galway  - was launched by John Dillon, President of the IFA, in Keane's Bar, Athenry on Saturday 26th. November 2004. 

"Eagles over Ireland" by Paul Browne 
Published by "Flying Fortress Athenry 1943" tells the facts about one of the "best kept secrets" of WW11. It is the extraordinary story of some top ranking US Army Generals who crashlanded in Athenry during the war, were repatriated with their fellow soldiers and went on to have a huge impact on the outcome of the war.  
Not to be missed - This book was launched by the United States Ambassador in Ireland Mr. James C Kenny on the 06.12.2003 in Mellowes College Athenry - the site of the crashlanding 60 years ago. 2003 

Wildflowers of Annaghdown - Br. Conal Thomas 2002 

Horse And Hand - Farming Practices in the Parish of Lackagh during the first half of the 20th Century - Eugene Duggan 2000 
 
"The Athenry Journal" founded and edited by Finbarr O'Regan (and later Conrad O'Broin) was published by Athenry ADC and contains all the local news! 1995 - 2004 (some back issues available) See folklore for extracts 
 
Athenry GAA Story - A History of Gaelic Games in Athenry - St. Mary's GAA Club, Athenry, Editor Jarlath Cloonan 2003 

Kiltullagh Killimordaly - As the Centuries Passed - A History from 1500 - 1900 Editor Keiran Jordan 2000 

"The Lamberts of Athenry" by Finbarr O'Regan - A book comprising of articles on the townlands of Castle Lambert, CastleEllen and Carnaun, The Lambert Families of the Athenry Area and their connection with Sir. Edward Carson of Ulster whose mother was Isabella Lambert from Castle Ellen. 1999  (SOLD OUT) See folklore for extracts 

The Blazer  -  21 issues  - published by Fr. Martin Coen from 1975 - 1994 
The Blazer - final issue in memory of Fr. Coen by P. J. Callanan 1998 

Athenry - History 1780, Folklore, Recollections - Aggie Qualter 

Athenry - A Brief History and Guide - Ann Healy 

The Reddingtons of Clarinbridge - Leading Catholic Landlords in the Nineteenth Century - Joseph Murphy 1999 

Our Lady's Well, Athenry - Lady's Well committee, chairperson Tommie Quinn 1999 

St. Clerans - The Tale of a Manor House - William Henry 1999 

Tiaquin National School and District - History and Heritage - Tiaquin Heritage Society, Editor Kevin Devally1998 

A Time and Place for Mirth and Mischief - by John Corbett 1998 

The Shimmering Waste - The life and Times of Robert O'Hara Burke by William Henry1997 

Monivea and its People - The Story So Far - Community Employment Scheme 1994/5 

"Carnaun School Athenry 1891-1991" by Finbarr O'Regan (Soft back 300 pages) an important chapter in the social history of Athenry. See folklore for extracts Copies available! 1991 

Turoe and Athenry: Ancient Capitals of Ireland by Fr. Tom O'Connor: Edited by Kieran Jordan  
Summary: Oral tradition was of immense importance to the Celtic people in prehistoric times. When history began to be recorded in written documents about the 7th Century, the work was carried out by scribes of the larger ruling families. What was              recorded was totally at odds with the oral tradition. But over the years, since we have a tendency to believe the written word, this is what became accepted as history. This written version of histor in archaic documents like the Book of Leinster and the Book of Armagh were thought to be correct at the expense of oral tradition and legendary 
history in the Dindsenchas documents. And so pseudo-history was born. To account for the differences between the written and oral history a certain mythology was created around early Iron Age history, to the extent that it is now difficult to distinguish between fact and fantasy. However, oral history has lived on and has been passed from father 
to son for generations around the fire. In addition, archaeological evidence has also survived the passage of time. 
Both the oral tradition and archaeological evidence in Galway confound the ‘truth’ of Irish Iron Age history. Because of changing lifestyle and changing agricultural practices in the 20th Century, both the oral traditions and archaeological evidence of Galway are in danger of being lost, giving victory to pseudo-history. 
This book revitalises the oral traditions, reconstructs archaeological evidence and delves into archaic documents for scraps of unaltered written evidence for the existence of Celtic Centres of Power in Galway. The conclusions are quite clear and shatter the accepted ‘truth’ of Iron Age Irish history suggesting a total re-evaluation of the origins and history of Celtic Ireland. 
It is not the intention of the book to detract from the present understanding of Irish history, although by its nature this is inevitable. It is intended to give recognition to the people and places that were important in Iron Age Ireland and to the people who carried the oral traditions over the centuries so that they could be resurrected almost 2000 years 
later. 

History of Moylough-Mountbellew - John A. Claffey, M. A.,Ph.D. - 1983 

Athenry GAA Story - Centenary History - Editor Jarlath Cloonan 1984 

The Galway Blazers - Memoirs - Edmund Mahony 1979 

Blackcock's Feather - Maurice Walsh 1932 
Maurice Walsh was born on April 21, 1879 in Ballydonoghue, near Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland. He was the third child and first son of John Walsh, a local farmer, and his wife Elizabeth. John Walsh's main interests were books and horses and he himself did little about the farm, preferring to have a hired man. The most famous of these was Paddy Bawn Enright, whose name was to be immortalised by Maurice Walsh in his story The Quiet Man (though the name was not used in the movie version). John Walsh passed on to his son not only a love of books but also legends and folk tales and the theory of place that were later to be a feature of many of Maurice's books.  

Falcons and Foxhounds - Edmund Mahony 

The Parish of Lackagh Turloughmore - Parish History Committee, Chairperson Pat Moore 

The Story of Esker - Editor Patrick O'DonnellCSSR 
 
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