The first rowing club to be set up on the river was Corrib Rowing and Yachting Club and shortly afterwards, the Commercial Club was founded. The inauguration of yet another club in 1882, The Royal Galway Yacht Club, provided further competition in rowing and yachting. It contributed to regattas locally by fielding crews, being included on committees and other rowing activities, and it seems to have had a very strong yachting section.

The month of May is named for and dedicated to Mary, the Blessed Virgin. Many people like to honour the Virgin during that month by putting up a May Altar in their house, usually on a small table or sideboard covered with a white cloth. In the place of honour is a Marian picture or statue and it is decorated with May flowers. In some parishes they have a ceremony where they crown an image of Mary with paste jewels, and in others, they hold a May procession in which those taking part walk bareheaded (weather permitting), in decent costume and with reverent mien. Clergy and laity, men and women are separated. The cross is usually carried at the head and sometimes banners embroidered with sacred pictures. These often represent Sodalities but should never be of military or triangular in shape.

The first unit of the Order of Malta in Galway began in 1937 when Dr. Conor O’Malley was asked by the Marquis McSweeney,  the then Chancellor of the Irish Association, to recruit members to form an Ambulance Corps aimed initially at Connacht only.

Kevin Faller was born in the Crescent in 1920. His father was John Patrick Faller and his mother was Madeleine Quinn from Tuam. They both died within six months of each other when Kevin was very young, so he and his brother Liam were brought up by their grandfather Stephen Faller. Kevin’s Aunt Minnie, who was married to Nicholas O’Halloran, also helped to rear him.