Jul 15, 2026 · 16 min · 11 segments
# This week on the Podcast this week Dick and Tom are talking about lower Salthill. # You can find the articles referenced in this podcast on www.advertiser.ie/galway.If you have a message for Tom or…
Well, anyway, the Galway Vindicator, which was a great local paper, In November 1863, they stated that the completion of the Grattan Road will add much to the beauty and salubrity of the handsomest of our suburban districts.
great collection, huh? I know, yes.
The
There was another name, it was kind of a double barrel name, but Grattan was the main name anyway.
In doing so, she was reclaiming quite a lot of land in the industrial school, at the back of the industrial school, as we would move from the salt hill.
Ah, yeah, that's right.
It's a bit of a swamp when the tide comes over the edge.
They said it would reclaim 28 acres of land, which is now a swamp, and which will become, with a little cultivation, some of the most fertile ground in the neighborhood.
In the past season of distress, and this was just post famine, this was now, Ms. Cretton has given great employment to the poor of the neighborhood in making this road and embankment.
Since June last up to the present time, there would have been over 200 laborers employed and some 12 to 14 masons regularly.
it will, when it's finished, alter the appearance of Salt Hill and contribute much to making that favorite place one of the nicest locations in the kingdom.
Well, anyway, the Galway Vindicator, which was a great local paper, In November 1863, they stated that the completion of the Grattan Road will add much to the beauty and salubrity of the handsomest of our suburban districts.
great collection, huh? I know, yes.
The
There was another name, it was kind of a double barrel name, but Grattan was the main name anyway.
In doing so, she was reclaiming quite a lot of land in the industrial school, at the back of the industrial school, as we would move from the salt hill.
Ah, yeah, that's right.
It's a bit of a swamp when the tide comes over the edge.
They said it would reclaim 28 acres of land, which is now a swamp, and which will become, with a little cultivation, some of the most fertile ground in the neighborhood.
In the past season of distress, and this was just post famine, this was now, Ms. Cretton has given great employment to the poor of the neighborhood in making this road and embankment.
Since June last up to the present time, there would have been over 200 laborers employed and some 12 to 14 masons regularly.
it will, when it's finished, alter the appearance of Salt Hill and contribute much to making that favorite place one of the nicest locations in the kingdom.
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