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Mar 14, 2019 · From fierce sporting stars, to quality musicians, the proud tribesmen and women are often a force to be reckoned with. Here, we take a look at 16 of Galway’s most influential ladies leading the way in business, sport and the arts. Lola Donoghue art. Lola Donoghue – Artist. Lola Donoghue is an Irish artist living and working in the West of ...
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Mar 8, 2020 · In celebration of International Women’s Day - Sunday, 8 March - we caught up with some of Galway’s most inspiring, talented, powerful and well-respected women to chat about their journey so far, what it means to be a successful woman in business and to just generally put them in the spotlight. The next few pages will feature an eclectic mix of ladies from different walks of life that have ...
- Jess Murphy of Kai Restaurant
- Loretta Ní Ghabháin of Lorg Media
- Lisa Regan of Lisa Regan Public Relations
- Gill Carroll of 56 Central
- Ailbhe and Izzy Keane of Izzy Wheels
- Aoibheann Mcnamara of Ard Bia and The Tweed Project
Co-owner, head chef, and serious boss-lady Jess Murphy has an inspiring story of how she got where she is today. From putting herself through school in New Zealand, to landing in Dublin with a suitcase full of her husband's welding tools and not much else, she now has a multiple award-winning restaurant in Galway. She knew she wanted to be a chef s...
We low-key believe Loretta (pictured centre, with staff member Aghna Cooney, left) is single handedly making the Irish language cool again. Her creative marketing company, Lorg Media work almost exclusively in Irish and are always at the cutting-edge of social media. Loretta, the Director and Founder, has put in some hard graft over the years to ma...
Like many of the women on this list, Lisa Regan makes things happen for herself and for others. Her PR company represents some of Galway's best restaurants and shops, especially those in Galway's Westend, putting the area on the map. She's also the woman behind Large and In Charge Jumpers, sporting fun and slightly questionable slogans like "Kale Q...
Gill, a Galway girl herself, did her training right here at home in GMIT. She went to Edinburgh for a while and opened her first business The Orchard Bar there, which is still going strong. Then she opened 37 West, which quickly became renowned in Newcastle (mmm chicken melt). With people spilling out the doors there, she opened 56 Central in the C...
These Galway natives were recently named on Forbes 30 Under 30. Ailbhe Keane was inspired to make functional, fashionable wheelchair wheel covers by her younger sister Izzy, who was born with spina bifida and has been a wheelchair user all her life. Izzy Wheels turns a medical device into a piece of self-expression! Check them out here. With the cr...
Aoibheann (left) was described by the Independent as "a powerhouse of creativity and dynamism" and we'd have to agree. With a sharp eye for design and a keen interest in slow food and slow fashion, Aoibheann brings a unique internationalism to Galway. She's an ardent traveller and it shows in her love of both Morrocan and Scandinavian design;this p...
Mar 8, 2022 · On International Women’s Day it’s also important to acknowledge O’Sullivan’s place are the forefront of the Galway Suffragette movement. A particularly powerful contribution to a piece urging votes for women in The Galway Express in 1913 was a personal account of her struggles with prejudice and discrimination as well as highlighting the gender gap ‘for the crime of being a woman.
Aug 9, 2024 · Joyce Redmond, who was originally from Howth, Co Dublin, was the woman he had a chance meeting with on the famous pub-lined street. While she wasn't born and bred out west, her mother was from the famous Aran Islands where Joyce spent her childhood summers, making her an honorary Galway Girl. The US songwriter approached her and asked if she ...
Mar 8, 2020 · Mary Quant, Esmé Kirby, Millicent Hughes Mackenzie and Betty Campbell. Wales is full of brilliant women, but chances are, some of the most influential are women whose stories you're not told in ...
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Mar 7, 2022 · Lady Mary Heath was a star athlete, a bestselling author, the first woman to hold a commercial flying license in Britain, and the first woman to parachute from an aeroplane. This certainly makes her one of the most amazing Irish women who changed the world. 5. Mary Robinson – our first female president and one of the most inspiring women ...
