From the drill to the quill

Wed, Apr 27, 2022

Des Kavanagh’s poems are full of the names of people and places he knows or has known well. Names are great familiarisers and Kavanagh’s Ireland is a close and familiar place. But it also bears within it the ache of absence, not just for specific people, but for the world they inhabited, a world that made them and that they also made. Kavanagh’s ancestral Inishowen in Donegal, his family, in it’s old and new generations, often provide the pivot that turns him to the past, although it also allows for glimpses of the future, through children and grandchildren — so said the late Seamus Deane of the Galway poet.

Role of electronic communication studied in Declan Clarke's The Last Broadcast

Wed, Apr 20, 2022

Declan Clarke’s solo exhibition The Last Broadcast opens on 29th April at Galway Arts Centre. A special screening of the exhibition’s central work What Are the Wild Waves Saying? takes place in Galway Arts Centre’s Nuns Island Theatre at 5pm, followed by Q+A with the artist in conversation with author Emilie Pine- author of the bestseller Notes to Self and Professor of Modern Drama at UCD.

An ill wind blows good for a songwriter

Wed, Apr 13, 2022

As we headed out of the pandemic and into global unease due to the Ukrainian tragedy, the season of Lent took on fresh significance for me this year. I made my usual token gesture of giving up a few titbits like desserts and alcohol, with the mixed motive of pruning myself into physical shape.

Galway’s paper boat sets sail at last

Wed, Apr 06, 2022

Join a cast of over 100 performers on Saturday April 23 in St. Nicholas’ Church, Galway for the world premiere of Paper Boat - a community opera for Galway.

Paper Boat weaves together history, mythology and current events to tell a story of human endurance, inspired by the diverse communities who engage with the cultural and spiritual hub that is St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, Galway.

Galway’s paper boat sets sail at last

Wed, Apr 06, 2022

Join a cast of over 100 performers on Saturday April 23 in St. Nicholas’ Church, Galway for the world premiere of Paper Boat - a community opera for Galway.

Galway’s paper boat sets sail at last

Wed, Apr 06, 2022

Join a cast of over 100 performers on Saturday April 23 in St. Nicholas’ Church, Galway for the world premiere of Paper Boat - a community opera for Galway.

Finale of ambitious series celebrating Europe’s cultural diversity

Thu, Mar 31, 2022

Finale of ambitious series celebrating Europe’s cultural diversity

Loner Deluxe releases new digital single

Wed, Mar 30, 2022

GALWAY UNDERGROUND musician Loner Deluxe will release his new single, 'How the West Wind Blows' on Friday April 1.

The Doris Day Story at the Town Hall

Tue, Mar 29, 2022

APRIL 2022 marks the centenary of the birth of Oscar-winning actress, Golden Globe, and Grammy Award winner, and lifetime animal activist, Doris Day.

‘Get on with your meals!’ - Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience returns

Mon, Mar 28, 2022

THERE WERE only 12 episodes made of Fawlty Towers between 1975 and 1979, but there will be six servings of Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience in Galway in April.

Helen Hancock’s charity concert for UNICEF Ireland

Mon, Mar 28, 2022

HELEN HANCOCK, the acclaimed Oranmore based soprano will next week give a concert to raise funds for UNICEF Ireland.

How well do you know your Friends?

Thu, Mar 24, 2022

HEY…HOW you doin’? More importantly, how is your Friends trivia knowledge? Put yours to the test at The One with the FRIENDS Quiz Night in Massimo, William Street West.

Seamount College students host art exhibition

Thu, Mar 24, 2022

LEAVING CERT cycle students at Seamount College will be hosting an exhibition of their artwork at the Courthouse Gallery, Kinvara.

Brian Arkins - new poetry collection

Thu, Mar 24, 2022

BRIAN ARKINS, professor emeritus of Classics at NUI, Galway, will launch his new collection of poems, Towards a Credo, tomorrow evening, Friday March 25.

Carpe Diem Rise and Shine fundraising concert

Thu, Mar 24, 2022

SPRING IS here, restrictions are lifted, and musicians are ready to rise and shine, especially in south Galway for the return of the annual Carpe Diem concert.

The brainchild of Coole Music School's director, Katharina Baker, Carpe Diem (Rise and Shine) is the theme for a series of commemorative fundraising concerts in memory of Eimear Noonan and Eli Murray, two young musicians who died tragically in 2017 and 2019 respectively.

EP Review: The Clockworks

Music Reviews Thu, Mar 24, 2022

FEW SONGS capture the flux and white noise of our times quite like ‘Endgame’, the ironically positioned opening track of the debut EP from Galway band The Clockworks.

Baile Beag Mór - a noir thriller as Gaeilge

Wed, Mar 23, 2022

BAILE BEAG Mór, the first of eight world premieres being presented by Fíbín as part of its first season in residence in An Taibhdhearc, continues into next month.

‘Her voice originated from deep in her soul, you could hear it’

Wed, Mar 23, 2022

MARY MCPARTLAN, a powerhouse of Irish folk music - as a vocalist, a supporter of songwriters, an event organiser, as someone who nurtured the tradition, not just keeping it alive, but giving it a future - will be celebrated in Galway in April.

Town Hall to stage world premiere of Mairéad Folan’s Luke

Tue, Mar 22, 2022

THE WORLD premiere of Luke, written by Mairéad Folan, directed by Diarmuid de Faoite,and with dramaturgy by Little John Nee, takes place in the Town Hall Theatre from Thursday March 31 to Saturday April 2.

Tragedy and comedy - Seán Begley headlines the Róisín Dubh

Tue, Mar 22, 2022

GALWEGIAN AND award-winning stand-up comedian, Seán Begley, brings his debut solo show, Tragic, to the Róisín Dubh on Sunday March 27.

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