Charity event in celebration of James Connolly

Thu, May 05, 2016

JAMES CONNOLLY was executed for his leading role in the 1916 Rising on May 12 1916. On Thursday May 12 his life and ideals will be celebrated at a charity event to raise funds for Médecins Sans Frontières.

Free Comic Book Day

Thu, May 05, 2016

FREE COMIC Book Day, the yearly event when you can show up at Sub-City Comics in the Corbett Court Shopping Centre and grab a comic of your choice from the FCBD selection for free, returns this Saturday.

Poetry workshops @ Galway Arts Centre

Thu, May 05, 2016

THE POET Kevin Higgins will host a series of poetry workshops this month in the Galway Arts Centre, where participants will be given writing exercises and feedback on their work.

Today is Poetry Day -what are you going to do?

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

POETRY IS one of humanity's oldest forms of artistic and personal expression, found across all eras, languages, and cultures. Today is Poetry Day and Galway will mark the venerable form with a number of events.

Public lecture to remember the women of 1916

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

Were the Irish women who fought for freedom in 1916 “airbrushed out of Irish history”, just as nurse Elizabeth O’Farrell was airbrushed out of the famous photograph of Patrick Pearse’s surrender on Moore Street?

Mayor of the city to launch The Galway Review 4

Tue, Apr 19, 2016

Fianna Fáil Galway West TD Éamon O'Cuív is among those whose writings are featured in The Galway Review 4, the new anthology of prose, poetry, and essays.

Go Over The Edge during Cúirt

Mon, Apr 18, 2016

EMERGING NEW voices in Irish writing, including Kathryn Guille, winner of the Cúirt New Writing Poetry Prize 2016, and John O’Donnell, winner of the 2016 Cúirt New Writing Fiction Prize, will read at this year's Cúirt literary festival.

Roger Casement, human rights, and 1916

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

ROGER CASEMENT was a human rights and progressive anti-colonial campaigner, also involved in the 1916 Rising, and will be the subject of a public talk in Galway next week.

Is It About A Bicycle?

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

TOMORROW MARKS the 50th anniversary of the death of Flann O’Brien, a major figure in 20th century Irish literature and postmodern writing, and his life and work will be celebrated in Galway.

Children of the Revolution

Wed, Mar 30, 2016

REBELS AND patriots, soldiers for king and country, all kinds of political opinions and actions could be found among the students of University College Galway during the turbulent years of 1913-1919.

Rita Ann Higgins - new book and Cúirt readings

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

LANGUAGE IS sometimes called a tongue, and language can impress, inspire, taunt, hurt, and frighten. Given the latter power, Galway poet Rita Ann Higgins has coined a new word, 'Tongulish'.

Jane Clarke to read at Over The Edge

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

THE POET Jane Clarke, winner of the 2014 Listowel Writers' Week Poetry Collection Award and the 2014 Trocaire/Poetry Ireland Competition, will be reading at the Over The Edge: Open Reading on Thursday March 31 at 6.30pm.

Making A Murderer attorney to speak in Galway

Wed, Mar 23, 2016

DEAN STRANG, the Wisconsin attorney who was one of the trial lawyers for Steven Avery in Making A Murderer, the Netflix documentary which has become an international phenomenon, will be in Galway in the autumn where he will give a public interview.

Galway to ask: How much of a Republic is Ireland?

Mon, Mar 21, 2016

The 1916 Rising saw Ireland proclaimed a Republic from the steps of the GPO, it was declared a Republic again in 1919 at the start of the War of Independence, but was only recognised by Russia, before finally, in 1949, the Republic of Ireland came into being.

Open air screening of major 1916 documentary tonight

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

This evening (Wednesday Mar 16), from 7pm, 1916 The Rebellion, a major documentary on the seismic events of Easter Week a century ago, narrated by Liam Neeson, will be shown on a outdoor screen at the Galway City Museum, Spanish Arch.

Public talk on creating interest in architecture

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

EXTENDING ARCHITECTURE, the free public talks and training for arts practitioners interested in exploring and sharing the cultural and artistic value of architecture with the public, is coming to Galway.

Creative writing classes at GTI

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

CREATIVE WRITING classes with the poet Kevin Higgins and the poet/short story writer Susan Millar DuMars, will be held at the Galway Technical Institute, Father Griffin Road.

Clandestine Republican meetings being held in Galway

Tue, Mar 15, 2016

Secret meetings of leading local Republicans, understood to be helping plan a major rebellion, are understood to be taking place in and around the city, and Galway citizens will be able to eavesdrop on these revolutionary discussions.

Event to celebrate the untold stories of 1916 women

Tue, Mar 15, 2016

WHILE THE names of the men of 1916 - Pearse, Connolly, Clarke, Plunkett, and others - are well known, the significant contribution of women to the rebellion has long been over looked and underappreciated.

Public lecture on the struggle for Home Rule for Ireland

Mon, Mar 14, 2016

Home Rule was once the goal of Irish nationalism, but continual opposition from the House of Lords and the threat of violence from Ulster unionists dogged and delayed its achievement.

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