‘If Ireland is a young nation, the Famine is our childhood trauma’

Thu, Oct 07, 2021

IT IS 1845, the first year of the potato blight, the first year of The Famine. In Connemara, Colmán Sharkey ekes out a living as a fisherman. He is isolated from his community, except from his brother Patsy, a soldier who has returned home.

‘There's a definite need for more working-class voices’

Thu, Oct 07, 2021

“AS A reader you want to hear about other lives, but you need to see that you too are worth something, that you and your community deserve to be at the literary top level. Representation matters. Working class voices are still struggling for representation in a middle class industry.”

Stand in Aaagh of all Mná - horror films at the Pálás

Thu, Oct 07, 2021

FROM IDA Lupino’s The Hitch-Hiker to Coralie Fargeat’s Revenge, and Mary Harron’s cult classic American Psycho, the Pálás is set to deliver a season of horror films by women filmmakers.

Danielle Holian launches new poetry collection

Thu, Oct 07, 2021

SURVIVING YOU, the third poetry collection, or rather “a story told through poetry”, by Galway based writer Danielle Holian, has just been published.

Scottish music and architecture, and a night in Galway

Thu, Oct 07, 2021

A SCOTTISH architect’s life and work, a Scottish building, a Scottish documentary maker, and a Scottish composer will come together at a concert in Galway.

'Getting to Know'...a dragon!

Thu, Oct 07, 2021

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Simply to sing, atop a hill or perhaps astride a hillock.

‘I always tell comedians, you need to go to Galway, that’s where it’s happening‘

Wed, Oct 06, 2021

ASK TERRY Alderton about coming to Galway, and the last thing he will give you is the standard “Oh yeah Galway’s a great city, I really love it” most performers trot out. For Terry, coming to Galway is coming to a city where there is a “funky bohemian atmosphere you only get in the west of Ireland”.

Shifting Ground - new John Behan exhibition at Kenny’s

Art Reviews Wed, Oct 06, 2021

SHIFTING GROUND, the new exhibition of works in bronze, from the celebrated Irish sculptor, John Behan, opens tomorrow, Friday October 8, at the Kenny Gallery.

Faulty Towers The Dining Experience – one million happy customers

Wed, Oct 06, 2021

MORE THAN one million people have seen Faulty Towers The Dining Experience, the internationally acclaimed homage to the classic BBC sitcom - and it is coming back to the Galway Comedy Festival.

Le Petit Orb - Alex Paterson in concert and in conversation

Tue, Oct 05, 2021

NECESSITY IS the mother of invention they say, and The Orb’s Alex Paterson has proved as inventive in reimagining his career in a time of pandemic, as he has been forward thinking in more than 30 years of music making.

ConTempo - back on the road and ‘countywide’

Tue, Oct 05, 2021

THE CONTEMPO Quartet are back on the road and keen as ever to collaborate with local groups, schools and festivals, and this month it seems they are doing just that.

Just Mustard - January 2022 show for the Róisín Dubh

Mon, Oct 04, 2021

JUST MUSTARD might not be one of the great band names, but Just Mustard are shaping up to be one of the great indie-rock bands of our times.

Junior Brother - new single, Róisín Dubh gig

Mon, Oct 04, 2021

“THE BLADES of razors split the sky long after this poem was put onto a page a few years ago. The recording of the song happened just before all our worlds closed down.”

Galway made radio drama to be broadcast on Newstalk

Thu, Sep 30, 2021

A GALWAY made radio drama - recorded in the Flirt FM Studios in NUI Galway, and on location around the county - is being broadcast on Newstalk 106-108fm.

Good Shepherd - new release from Galway’s Rusted Rail label

Thu, Sep 30, 2021

LET’S SEE What The East Wind Brings, the new album from English singer-songwriter Good Shepherd, will be released on the independent Galway label, Rusted Rail, tomorrow, Friday October 1.

'Getting to Know...' Suzanne Black

Thu, Sep 30, 2021

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Reading a good book in an empty house is bliss - chocolate makes it perfect!

Galway Cartoon Festival starts on Friday

Thu, Sep 30, 2021

The fifth Galway Cartoon Festival, which starts tomorrow, Friday October 1, has a “packed, dense and diverse programme”, with cartoonists from across the world sharing their illustrated views of the last 18 months.

Eyes On The Horizon - live outdoor music for October

Thu, Sep 30, 2021

Leading Galway bands and singers, like Rofi James, Galway Street Club, Marc Roberts, Eoin Dolan, and Katie O’Connor and Steven Sharpe, will play Eyes On The Horizon, the new series of outdoor performances and happenings.

Film review: The Many Saints of Newark

Films Reviews Wed, Sep 29, 2021

FOR SOME people this will be the most anticipated film of the year as The Many Saints of Newark is a prequel The Sopranos TV show.

‘I love that Baboró is all about art. It is always a positive and happy thing to do or see’

Wed, Sep 29, 2021

THE 25TH Baboró International Arts Festival for Children is taking place from Monday October 4 to Sunday 17. Children are at the heart of everything that Baboró does, and this year young people are co-creators of many of the events, lending their talents, opinions and thoughts.

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