Galway Bay Fm newsroom-The old courthouse in Ballygar is to be officially reopened as a community space next month (July).
The facility was last used as a courthouse until the late 1940s.
It has now been restored by the local Tidy Towns Committee to be used as their base as well as a space for meetings, fundraising events and arts and cultural activities.
The facility will be opened on July 17th by former President of Ireland Dr. Mary McAleese.
Secretary of the group Thomás Kenny told Galway Bay Fm that the old courthouse has an interesting and varied history