Rita Ann Higgins receives 2021 Living Poets Society Award

Thu, Aug 26, 2021

GALWAY POET Rita Ann Higgins was presented with the the Living Poets Society Award 2021 at the recent Power of Words Festival in Abbeyleix, last weekend.

Home thoughts from abroad

Thu, Aug 26, 2021

STRANGE LANDS, an exhibition of photographs by the Swedish artist Ingela Stenberg, is currently running at the Renzo Café, Eyre Street.

Druid on the radio with a New York murder mystery

Thu, Aug 26, 2021

DRUID THEATRE Company is no stranger to the stage at home and abroad, but radio plays are a different matter. That changes this month when Druid performs Sorry, Wrong Number.

Decadent and the return of indoor theatre in Galway

Thu, Aug 26, 2021

DECADENT THEATRE Company will lead the resumption of indoor live theatre in the city with its production of Kevin Barry’s There Are Little Kingdoms as part of the Galway International Arts Festival.

Mirror Pavillion to be unveiled on Saturday

Thu, Aug 26, 2021

THE 2021 Galway International Arts Festival will open with the unveiling of the much-anticipated second part of John Gerrard’s Mirror Pavilion, Leaf Work, in Derrigimlagh Bog, Connemara.

‘I’m thrilled to finally be back on stage in front of a live audience’

Thu, Aug 26, 2021

In March 2020, Zara Devlin had been busy rehearsing for her starring role in the musical Sing Street in which she was due to make her Broadway debut. But Covid put the lights out on America's theatre capital, and instead Zara went home to Co. Tyrone. This is Zara’s story in her own words.

Film review: The Bright Side

Films Reviews Wed, Aug 25, 2021

DIRECTED BY Ruth Meehan, and based on the book by Anne Gildea, I’ve Got Cancer, What’s Your Excuse?, The Bright Side is a new Irish comedy, although dramedy is a better word for it.

Ceol an tSamhraidh - free concerts in Cloughanover

Wed, Aug 25, 2021

MEMBERS OF The Waterboys, We Banjo 3, and The Whileaways will play the next Ceol an tSamhraidh free open-air concerts in Galway.

Tommy Tiernan added to this weekend’s Pearse Stadium concerts

Wed, Aug 25, 2021

TOMMY TIERNAN has been added to Friday’s comedy concert at Pearse Stadium, with capacity for the four Salthill concerts now raised from 500 to 1,200.

Terry Smith - the art of a legendary busker

Tue, Aug 24, 2021

GALWEGIANS OF a certain age will remember. A trip to the Claddagh Palace cinema was not complete without seeing him. Flat cap, long hair, and guitar in hand, singing folk songs.

Liam O’Flaherty and the War of Independence

Tue, Aug 24, 2021

LIAM O'FLAHERTY was travelling in the Americas during the War of Independence, while his brother Tom was involved in Communist politics in the United States.

Fall Right Into Place - Galway’s new music festival

Mon, Aug 23, 2021

VILLAGERS, BELL X1, And So I Watch You From Afar, and Saint Sister, are set to play Galway’s new music festival - Fall Right Into Place - in Claregalway Castle in September.

See you in September at the Town Hall

Mon, Aug 23, 2021

IN PERSON shows, online events, festivals, and concerts - after a long absence, it is all happening once again at the Town Hall Theatre.

'Getting to Know...' - Stephanie Dufresne, dancer, actor, theatre-maker

Thu, Aug 19, 2021

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
The moment just after finishing a show, working with inspiring collaborators, feeling like I did a good job.

Album review: Villagers

Music Reviews Thu, Aug 19, 2021

FEVER DREAMS is expansive, ambitious, and cinematic in scope, fusing the many disparate strands of Conor J O’Brien’s music into one entity. It is also the oddest album of his career.

Barbara Rockman to read at this month’s Over The Edge

Thu, Aug 19, 2021

THE AWARD WINNING poet, Barbara Rockman, along with poets Siobhan Potter and Hannah Ward, will read at the August Over The Edge: Open Reading on Zoom.

The Three Tenors to play Galway Cathedral

Thu, Aug 19, 2021

HAILED AS “Ireland’s greatest voices”, The Three Tenors make a welcome return to Galway to play a socially distanced concert at Galway Cathedral.

Tom O’Mahony’s Buckshot podcast at The Grand Auld Stretch

Thu, Aug 19, 2021

GALWAY HAS a chance to make Irish podcasting and comedic history by being part of the 200th episode of Tom ‘Bear’ O’Mahony’s Buckshot podcast, which will be recorded in the city this week

Black and Tans spotted in Connemara in run up to GIAF show

Thu, Aug 19, 2021

Members of the public travelling west of An Spideál had quite a shock recently when a 1920s era Saracen truck, with a full complement of Black and Tans, was spotted speeding along the R336 at various times of the day.

Classic films at Pálás Cinema’s Summer of Fun

Thu, Aug 19, 2021

The heatwave is long over, and the days are more overcast, and sometimes damp, but that is all the more reason to head to the cinema, especially to the Summer of Fun screenings continue at the Pálás.

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