Webinar on Galway and the creative arts

Thu, May 21, 2020

HOW HAS theatre and traditional music developed in Galway since the 1960s? How has Galway been represented, historically, in art and literature?

Cocooning with my books

Coffee Break Read Thu, May 21, 2020

Due to the suddenness of the lockdown in Ireland, I found myself suddenly cocooning at home with little or no contact with the bookshop.

Poems for the Lockdown - Bohermore cemetery

Coffee Break Read Mon, May 18, 2020

I WROTE this poem in 2014 after the English poet Helen Mort, who, as well as being an excellent poet, is an accomplished cross country runner, asked me: "And do you run?"

Bard Yard - poetry, music, and an online open mic

Mon, May 18, 2020

EMERGING AND aspiring Galway poets, along with singer-songwriter Bríd Kenny, will feature in the next Bard Yard, the new monthly open-mic event in the city, currently taking place on-line.

The Third Rehearsal release debut single

Fri, May 15, 2020

THE THIRD Rehearsal, the new instrumental project from Galway musicians Patrick Hallinan and Kevin Donnellan, release their new single and video on Friday May 15.

InterAction - a theatre and arts festival online in May

Thu, May 14, 2020

THE COVID-19 lockdown and restrictions may have prevented us from going to the theatre and the art galleries, so instead theatre and exhibition is coming to us.

What Do You Mean You Haven't Read...?

Coffee Break Read Thu, May 14, 2020

Leo Moran, singer-songwriter
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks

Laugh, and the world will be laughing with you

Thu, May 14, 2020

GALWAY WILL be part of an international comedy festival taking place this Saturday, online, as the world unites across 24 hours to enjoy as feast of laughter in spite of the lockdown.

Galway Film Fleadh 2020 to go online in July

Thu, May 14, 2020

FOLLOWING THE Government announcement that cinemas will remain closed until August 10, and large gatherings will not be permitted for some time, the Galway Film Fleadh has decided to move its 2020 festival online.

‘In times of isolation, music still provides a way of coming together’

Thu, May 14, 2020

IT IS frustrating for a band like Dream Wife, who thrive on live performance, and who can rip up the stage with their potent combination of indie-punk music and Feminist politics, that Covid-19 means no touring is possible.

Getting To Know...

Thu, May 14, 2020

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Content children.

The best movies to watch on Amazon Prime

Thu, May 14, 2020

THIS WEEK I’m listing films mainly from Amazon Prime. It is cheaper than Netflix, its selection is just as good, and it has a really good collection of classics movies. So, if you feel you have worn out your Netflix account, maybe switch over for a month.

Poems for the Lockdown - Eyre Square

Coffee Break Read Mon, May 11, 2020

THIS POEM was written for a poetry competition the Galway City Council organised on the theme of ‘Eyre Square’ and it featured in my fourth poetry collection, The Ghost In The Lobby, published by Salmon in 2014.

Galway 2020 to explore re-imagined programme

Thu, May 07, 2020

GALWAY 2020 looks set to take place with a re-imagined programme of events in the closing months of this year and in early 2021, with some events happening digitally.

The sounds of Kinvara - in visual art form

Thu, May 07, 2020

IT BEGAN as an idea for artists to visually interpret sounds they associated with the Kinvara area, but following the Covid-19 lockdown, the theme has become much wider.

Tide lines play Róisín Dubh in November

Thu, May 07, 2020

TIDE LINES are the coming force in Scottish music. In 2019 they won The Rising Sound Of Scotland title at the Scottish Music Awards, and in March performed to 67,000 people at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield stadium ahead of Scotland's victory over France in the Six Nations.

What Do You Mean You Haven't Read...?

Coffee Break Read Thu, May 07, 2020

Rev Lynda Peilow, rector, St Nicholas' Collegiate Church

'Every day I send off an album, it's a win'

Thu, May 07, 2020

WHEN ULTAN Conlon emerged from the recording studio in Burbank, California, on the final day of sessions for what would become his fourth album, he could have had no idea of the world into which it would be released.

Me Auld Flower releases haunting new single

Thu, May 07, 2020

"A STATUE of Mary winked at me and told me to confess..." is a memorable line from 'An Apparition in Connemara', the new single from County Galway singer-songwriter Me Auld Flower.