Artist decorated currachs on display at NUIG

Mon, Sep 20, 2021

TWENTY-ONE uniquely decorated currachs have journeyed from Inis Oírr to the NUI Galway campus - where they will be on display until next month - marking a new partnership between Áras Éanna and the university.

John Prine to be celebrated at livestream concert in Galway

Mon, Sep 20, 2021

JOHN PRINE, the late, great, American singer-songwriter, best known for such songs as ‘Same Stone’, ‘Illegal Smile’, and ‘Angel From Montgomery’, will be celebrated next month in his adopted home of Galway.

One man’s doomed attempt at stand-up comedy

Thu, Sep 16, 2021

THREE YEARS after this critically acclaimed comic short story collection, Juggling With Turnips, Karl MacDermott returns with a comic novel - 58% Cabbage.

Free screening of award winning documentary at the Pálás

Thu, Sep 16, 2021

COLLECTIVE, THE 2021 Lux Audience Award winning Romanian documentary will be given a free screening at the Pálás Cinema on Tuesday September 21 at 6pm.

‘Singing allows me to express parts of me I don’t normally show’

Thu, Sep 16, 2021

“I AM excited. It’s been a long time coming,” says Tolü Makay, about the return to playing in front of live audiences again, after 18 long months where shows and concerts were deemed impossible.

An open air play at Thoor Ballylee

Thu, Sep 16, 2021

A CHANCE meeting in the Burren revives happy and sad memories for two old friends, leading to a lively conclusion.

'Getting to Know...' Joy Gerrard, visual artist

Thu, Sep 16, 2021

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Three weeks in Connemara.

Film review: Herself

Films Reviews Wed, Sep 15, 2021

SANDRA IS a single mother in Dublin, living in a hotel, and way down the bottom of the housing list, after escaping her abusive husband.

Culture Night 2021 - what are you going to see?

Wed, Sep 15, 2021

FOR 18 months the arts were in lockdown, but the autumn saw them return, and this weekend there will be events all over the city and county with Culture Night 2021, under the theme of ‘Come Together Again’.

‘Comedians are delighted to see the Galway Comedy Festival coming back’

Wed, Sep 15, 2021

“Laughter is the best medicine, it is important for our mental health, for audiences, for the people working in the industry, and also for comedians themselves. They use it as therapy, it’s their only release. You can’t really do it on Instagram, you have to do it live.”

Galway Cartoon Festival returns in October

Tue, Sep 14, 2021

THE GALWAY Cartoon Festival is back next month with a host of exhibitions, events, and brilliant cartoons and cartooning from October 1 to 9.

‘Take A Chance’ on Crescent Moon’s new single

Tue, Sep 14, 2021

CRESCENT MOON, the Galway rapper and producer has released his latest single, 'Take A Chance', a song about self-improvement and self-confidence.

Immortal - new family musical at the Town Hall

Mon, Sep 13, 2021

A DAUGHTER goes in search of her missing father, but her journey away from their home in Tír na nÓg results in her being stranded in the Ireland of the Civil War.

Laura Vecchi Ford - The West is Awake

Mon, Sep 13, 2021

FOR MORE than 30 years, Laura Vecchi Ford taught Italian at NUI Galway, but for much longer than that she has been a visual artist.

The High Kings Home From Home Tour comes to Galway

Mon, Sep 13, 2021

THE HIGH Kings, always one of the most popular concert draws in Ireland, will be on the road again from this winter, and Galway is in their sights.

Album review: Mick Flannery and Susan O’Neill

Music Reviews Thu, Sep 09, 2021

WHAT DO you get when you combine one of the finest contemporary songwriters in the country with one of Irish music’s best kept secrets?

Paula Pohli - city, country, city

Thu, Sep 09, 2021

FOR THE artist Paula Pohli, farmers and visual artists share much in common: they love animals; watch the weather for changes that occur hourly; are interested in flora and fauna, and work long hours.

Niamh Regan releases new video for ‘Two Seagulls’

Thu, Sep 09, 2021

‘TWO SEAGULLS’, from Niamh Regan’s acclaimed debut album Hemet, now has an accompanying video, made as part of the First Cut! Youth Film Festival’s Youth Music Video Competition 2021.

Reflections on the lockdown experience

Thu, Sep 09, 2021

LONELINESS AND social isolation during the lockdowns, particularly for the elderly and vulnerable in rural communities, have inspired a new exhibition which opens in Kinvara.

Solas Photography Club online exhibition

Thu, Sep 09, 2021

SOLAS PHOTOGRAPHY Club, based in Oranmore, is holding an online exhibition of its members' work, which will include a number of award winning photographs.

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