Listen, learn, and play the Irish harp

Thu, Mar 01, 2018

BE IT on the State's coat of arms, the presidential flag, the back of an Irish euro coin, or the side of a Guinness pint glass, the harp is the undisputed symbol of Ireland, a position it has enjoyed since mediaeval times.

Jobs Expo, Ireland’s largest careers fair, is returning to Galway on February 24th!!

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

Jobs Expo, Ireland’s largest careers fair, is returning to Galway on February 24th. They will be accompanied by an eclectic range of successful companies that will be recruiting for local, nationwide and global positions. The free event will take place at the Galmont Hotel & Spa (formerly the Radisson Blu Hotel) between 10am – 4pm.

Meet the men who caught Pablo Escobar - and inspired Narcos

Wed, Feb 07, 2018

JAVIER PENA and Steve Murphy, the US Drug Enforcement Agency agents who captured the notorious drug lord, Pablo Escobar, and the Cali Cartel, and the inspiration behind the hit Nexflix series, Narcos, are coming to Galway.

Galway Arts Centre's Carnival Ball

Thu, Feb 01, 2018

THE GALWAY Arts Centre, Dominick Street, will hold a fundraising carnival ball next week, and is promising the event will be a "pre-Lenten Bacchanalian celebration of life".

50 First Dates Galway – Will we be as lucky again this year?

Tue, Jan 30, 2018

“I met the man of my dreams, Mike and we've been inseparable since our first date at The Skeff in March 2017. We are together 10 months …..”, quoted Ronah Corcoran who applied last year and found love through this process…

Breast Cancer Research Valentine’s Ball!

Thu, Jan 18, 2018

The Ardilaun Hotel, Taylor’s Hill will play host once again to this year’s Breast Cancer Research annual Valentine’s Ball on Saturday 17th February. The gala evening, which always marks the start of Galway’s social calendar, is one of the charity's major fundraising events and monies raised help to support the breast cancer research team lead by Prof. Michael Kerin based locally at the Lambe Institute, University Hospital, Galway.

Galway Autism Partnership fundraiser at the Róisín

Thu, Jan 11, 2018

A NIGHT of music, comedy and performance, to raise funds for the Galway Autism Partnership, with the flamboyant and multi-talented Steven Sharpe as MC, takes place in the Róisín Dubh tomorrow night from 9pm.

Galway Dance Project workshops

Thu, Jan 11, 2018

THE GALWAY Dance Project holds its first workshop of 2018 this weekend, with classes in improvisation and activating space with James Riordan and Cathy Walsh.

Celebrate women artists on Oíche Nollaig na mBan

Thu, Jan 04, 2018

POETRY, THEATRE, and art will all be on the bill at the Galway Arts Centre's first event of 2018 - Oíche Nollaig na mBan - which will celebrate the work of female artists and mark the official end of the festive season.

Say I do at The Galmont Hotel & Spa & have a dream wedding day in Galway city - Wedding open day 2nd January 1-5pm.

Wed, Dec 20, 2017

The Galmont Hotel & Spa (formerly the Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa, Galway) is delighted to welcome brides and grooms-to-be to the iconic Inis Mór Suite, the handsome ballroom at the hotel which has been the backdrop to many countless happy days and nights of wedding celebrations in Galway city.

Exploring Mayo talk to be held in Harbour Hotel

Thu, Dec 07, 2017

Galway is home to a large number of Mayo people and people with Mayo connections, many of whom will be interested in the upcoming 'Exploring Mayo' talk by Bernard O'Hara.

Music business course in Galway

Thu, Nov 30, 2017

THOSE INTERESTED in developing a career in the music industry should check out the new music business course coming to Galway in the New Year.

Lighting up Galways Westend!!

Tue, Nov 28, 2017

City neighbourhood turns on Christmas lights this Friday!

Public lecture on Che Guevara next week

Thu, Nov 23, 2017

Fifty years on from his execution by Bolivian Special Forces and the CIA, Che Guevara remains an icon, and inspiration, and a contested and controversial figure, and he will be the subject of a public talk in Galway.

Galway Arts Centre Christmas party

Thu, Nov 23, 2017

THE GALWAY Arts Centre will launch the festive season with a Christmas party on Thursday December 7, running from 8pm to midnight.

Long dead English king to finally make royal visit to Galway

Wed, Nov 15, 2017

He died at the Battle of Bosworth Field in August 1485 and his mortal remains were found under a carpark in Leicester in 2012. In between, he became one of the most demonised of all English monarchs - but this month, he visits Galway.

Online archives of what you could and could not do at a pier

Mon, Nov 13, 2017

'ALL HOOKERS carrying turf to pay a licence fee of 3c. per year or for any part of a year. Strange boats entering the harbor for shelter, or wind-bound, to pay sixpence for any period not exceeding 30 days’.

Mountbellew to host conference on The Fenians and Manchester Martyrs

Thu, Nov 09, 2017

In September 1867, 50 Fenians attacked a prison van at Hyde Road, Manchester, intent on releasing their comrades Thomas Joseph Kelly, a Galwegian, and Timothy Deasy. An unarmed police sergeant, Charles Brett was shot dead and 26 men were tried for partaking in the attack.

Galway to mark Polish Independence Day this weekend

Thu, Nov 09, 2017

Galway will mark National Polish Independence day with a series of events on Saturday and Sunday, including a celebration of the life and work of Joseph Conrad, a Polish national regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language.