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Traditional Irish Music and Song has been at the forefront with Shaskeen for the last fifty-three years, and Shaskeen is now a recognised cornerstone in the Irish Traditional and Folk scene. 

Community groups from across County Galway gathered on Saturday at the Meadow Court Hotel in Loughrea for the Cathaoirleach’s Community Awards 2023.

Do you know your swifts from your swallows? Your pipistrelles from your daubentons? Or are you simply wondering biodiversity means?

In the wake of releasing their first single of the classic song ‘Oró Sé do Bheatha ‘Bhaile’, Mullingar band Some One’s Sons are on the rise, charting a new course through traditional Irish folk music. Now, they are on tour, bringing their fresh twist on Irish anthems to Monroe’s Live on Saturday, May 27 at 8pm.

Since the summer of 2022, the Heritage Office of Westmeath County Council has been undertaking a major heritage audit, seeking to identify collections of local community oral history, folklore and stories of times past.

Court Devinish, in the heart of Athlone, is one of eight County Westmeath heritage sites allocated funding under the Government’s Community Monument Funding programme.

Renowned on the folk and bluegrass circuit, Northern Ireland band Cup O’ Joe will bring their unique compositions and re-imagined songs to Monroe’s Live on Friday, April 21. Comprising of three talented siblings, Tabitha, Benjamin and Reuben Agnew, they are also joined by Tabitha’s husband David Benedict to weave a rich musical legacy steeped in family tradition.

Ballina Gate Lodge has been awarded funding of €240,000 as part of a heritage and conservation project that will see the structure being opened as a residence for artists, writers, ecologists, historians, environmentalists and community engagement.

Some of Galway’s best up and coming craft and design businesses will be part of over 100 companies from across Ireland who will get a chance to meet with buyers from all over the world as part of the Local Enterprise Showcase at the 2023 Showcase event in the RDS, running from the 22-24th January.