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William Mellows was born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester, where his father, Staff Sergeant William Mellows, was then stationed. His father had ambitions for the son to become the fourth generation of the family to serve in the armed forces, but after they moved back to Ireland, Liam became steadily disillusioned with the British Government. He lived in Dublin for a time and spent a lot of time living in his grandparents' house in Co Wexford, where his mother came from.

Galway City Museum, on Saturday 3 December 2022, will run a series of talks on the subject, ‘War of Friends, 1922–23: the civil war story of Pádraic Ó Máille and Liam Mellows’, in collaboration with Galway historians, John Cunningham; Mícheál Ó Fathartaigh and Cormac Ó Comhraí.

Galway City Council are examining various funding options to erect lighting along the walkway that wraps around the sports ground at Ballyloughane, Cllr MJ Crowe confirmed yesterday.

Today we are highlighting the careers of two men, both of whom were elected as TDs for Galway in 1918, both of whom fought on the same side in the Rising and the War of Independence and then, sadly, took different sides after the Treaty.

St Colmans were crowned C2 security Junior A Champions after a thriller on Sunday evening in Duggan Park Ballinasloe. While the conditions were not favourable for either side both sides played out a classic.

The preliminary quarter-final stage of the Brooks Group Galway senior hurling championship has finally been reached, but it will do well to match the drama of last week’s fixtures as both games played in Athenry last Saturday afternoon required penalties to produce a winner.

An intriguing Senior B play-off between Moycullen and Liam Mellows takes place this evening in Ballinasloe as the last two places in the preliminary quarter-finals of the Galway Senior Hurling Championship are decided in the coming days.

First-time junior finalists St Colman's will face Liam Mellows in this year's C2 Security Junior A Camogie County final in Lackagh on Sunday (4pm).

The decisive final round of the Brooks Group Galway Senior Hurling Championship takes place this weekend with plenty at stake for clubs looking to seal a much-coveted quarter-final spot and avoid the preliminary round of knockout games.

Loughrea was the only team to book a quarter-final berth in the Brooks Group Galway Senior Hurling Championship after yet another impressive victory, this time over Cappataggle, last weekend.