Una with her trademark red lipstick, black dress & hanging glasses, ready to serve in the drapery.For those of you that don’t know, Una Taaffe was a very colourful character, one of the great characters of Galway who would don dark clothes , pearls and  bright red lipstick.  She was a natural beauty who was born into a wealthy merchant class family. For may years she ran a very lucrative business on Shop Street, which she often compared favourably to a neighbouring business, Brown Thomas (Moons).  However, as she aged her life became increasing eccentric, she counted her many stray dogs as family members who followed up and down the often packed streets, some snarling and barking so she would be heard before she was seen coming the crowd walking up Shop Street.  She loved and cared for the dogs and they were allowed into the shop often to the bemusement of the many tourists and customers.