Bernadette Divilly to showcase work from year as Galway Dance Artist in Residence

Thu, Dec 16, 2021

GALWAY DANCE Artist in Residence 2020-2021, Bernadette Divilly, will showcase the culmination of her work from her residency at a show next week.

BEST ALBUMS OF 2021

Music Reviews Thu, Dec 16, 2021

1. Iron Maiden - Senjutsu (Parlophone)
Forty-one years after their debut, Maiden are still operating at the highest level. Few bands of their vintage can still create masterpieces, but with this sombre meditation on war and its consequences, Maiden deliver yet another masterwork in a discography with few equals.

Cousin Tablet release new single

Thu, Dec 16, 2021

GALWAY BAND Cousin Tablet have released their second single, ‘Lost At Sea’, which finds the quartet joined by members of The Raines and The Waterboys.

Bolshoi Ballet’s Nutcracker at The Eye

Thu, Dec 16, 2021

THE NUTCRACKER, the much loved Christmas ballet, will be performed by the Bolshoi Ballet and shown at The Eye Cinema, this Sunday, December 19, at 3pm.

‘I’m sitting on two years worth of jokes’

Wed, Dec 15, 2021

WITH 2022 on the horizon, Reginald D Hunter is not necessarily looking towards the future with hope, more with a sense of caution bred from hard lessons learned.

The best films of 2021

Films Reviews Wed, Dec 15, 2021

10. Censor: Terrific horror movie about a film censor who must sit through endless violent films for her job. One day she thinks she sees her missing sister in a film and sets out to find her. Electric performance from Irish actress Niamh Algar. Not available to stream yet.

Tommy Tiernan - more Galway shows for 2022

Tue, Dec 14, 2021

IF YOU did not get tickets to Tommy Tiernan’s Róisín Dubh shows in January or Leisureland shows in February, fear not, there will be a chance to see him at the Galway Comedy Festival.

Cois Cladaigh - a streamed concert for Christmas

Tue, Dec 14, 2021

THIS SATURDAY, December 18, at 8pm, Cois Cladaigh Choir Galway will live stream its first concert in two years from St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church.

Darragh O’Dea - live in Tuam

Mon, Dec 13, 2021

DARRAGH O’DEA, the Tuam singer-songwriter, will celebrate the launch of his debut album, Tilly And The Postmaster, with a concert in his hometown.

‘West For Christmas’ – new Galway seasonal single

Mon, Dec 13, 2021

‘WEST FOR Christmas’ is the new seasonal single, out now, from award-winning Galway songwriters, Niall Teague and Padraic Joyce.

Final Over The Edge of 2021

Thu, Dec 09, 2021

TWO LOCAL writers - Denise Commins and Ódhrán Reidy - and an American writer - Sue Pace - will read at the Final Over The Edge of 2021.

Red Bird Youth Collective seeks new members

Thu, Dec 09, 2021

RED BIRD Youth Collective, the Galway youth-led visual art collective, is seeking new members, aged between 15 and 24.

‘Christmas In Galway’ - a new, local, seasonal, song

Thu, Dec 09, 2021

‘CHRISTMAS IN Galway’, a new, upbeat, seasonal song, encapsulating the festive spirit of the city, is out now.

Anna Mullarkey and Contempo at 3 Kinds of Music

Thu, Dec 09, 2021

ANNA MULLARKEY, the exciting Galway indie-electro vocalist/composer, and The ConTempo Quartet, will be among the performers at the next 3 Kinds of Music concerts.

The Three Tenors reschedule Galway concert

Thu, Dec 09, 2021

THE THREE Tenors concert at St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, due to have taken place this Saturday, has now been moved to Saturday March 5.

Little Cinema Galway Christmas Special

Thu, Dec 09, 2021

THE LITTLE Cinema Galway is back with a Christmas Special on Monday December 20 at 9pm in the Róisín Dubh.

Three exhibitions open today at Galway Arts Centre

Wed, Dec 08, 2021

TODAY SEES the launch of three solo exhibitions at the Galway Arts Centre: Black Milk by Japanese artist, Miho Ohtsubo; and two shows by Irish artists - Lúthchleasa by Mícheál Ó Catháin and Currency Exchange by Kevin Gaynor.

‘There is a gentle and subtle power to her voice’

Wed, Dec 08, 2021

SHE WAS called the “Queen of Irish Song” by Séamus Ennis; she was recorded by Alan Lomax and is admired by Christy Moore; and her versions of Gaelic song have been covered by Clannad and Iarla Ó Lionáird.