'Most of my mad humour comes from having lived in Ireland'

Thu, Sep 19, 2019

JOE BOSKE'S keen eye and sense of humour shines forth gloriously in Buying Yak Milk In Gurtymadden, his new book, published by Artisan House, which will be launched as part of the Clifden Arts Festival.

Margaretta D’Arcy's Karl Marx street event

Thu, Sep 19, 2019

THE COMMUNIST Manifesto, written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in 1848, will be proclaimed and debated on the streets of Galway as part of Culture Night, tonight [Friday September 20].

Daniele Di Bonaventura - Galway jazz fest debut

Thu, Sep 19, 2019

THE BANDONEON is a type of concertina that is also an essential instrument in tango ensembles. While the instrument is most popular in Argentina and Uruguay, one of its greatest masters is Italian.

Patricia Forde and the power of words

Literature Reviews Thu, Sep 19, 2019

IT IS most unusual that the sequel to a wonderful book is anywhere near as good as the first one. In 2015 Patricia Forde’s The Wordsmith was published to great acclaim, winning several awards, and introducing readers to Letta the Wordsmith, whose job it is to hand out words to people who need them.

Charity Irish trad concert for Gavin Ralston

Thu, Sep 19, 2019

MUSICIANS FROM the West Kerry Gaeltacht, and others, are coming to Galway to perform at a concert in An Taibhdhearc to raise funds for Gavin Ralston, who has been has been battling cancer since 2014.

Art classes with Jennifer Cunningham

Thu, Sep 19, 2019

THE AWARD winning Galway artist Jennifer Cunningham will be holding a new term of art classes and one day workshops.

Padraig Stevens and Leo Moran for Eclectics

Thu, Sep 19, 2019

TWO TOWERING figures in Galway music, and two of the county's "greatest and most popular singer-songwriters," as this paper has previously described them, play the next Eclectics gig night.

New book on a moment when an Irish city went Soviet

Thu, Sep 19, 2019

The Limerick Soviet of 1919 was a brief period in Irish revolutionary and labour history when workers defied British colonialism and took power into their own hands.

Julie Feeney to play Athenry Heritage Centre

Thu, Sep 19, 2019

JULIE FEENEY, the award winning and critically acclaimed vocalist and composer, plays a hometown show in the Athenry Heritage Centre this Saturday at 9pm.

Trad On The Prom's Yvonne Fahy releases new album

Thu, Sep 19, 2019

YVONNE FAHY, the multi-instrumentalist trad musician, and a member of Trad On The Prom, has released her new album Diversity, which contains the No 1 iTunes World Music chart hit, 'Sliabh and Oir'.

Club GASS Pride fundraiser

Thu, Sep 19, 2019

CLUB GASS, the monthly LGBT+ clubnight at the Róisín Dubh returns on Friday September 27 and will be a fundraiser for Galway Pride 2020.

A 90s indie clubnight night for charity

Thu, Sep 19, 2019

TWO OF Galway’s best-loved DJs, Ferg and Foz, join forces for a special night of indie, rock, and dance classics in The Loft, Bridge Street, this Saturday from 10pm, to raise funds for the Galway Hospice.

A night of trad with Donogh Hennessy & Séamus Begley at Monroe’s Live.

Tue, Sep 17, 2019

Irish music fans: Saturday September 28th is a date to mark in the diaries as Donogh Hennessy & Séamus Begley take to the Monroe’s Live stage for what’s sure to be a fantastic night of ceol agus craic.

Just Roll With It.

Tue, Sep 17, 2019

This Saturday September 21st, Monroe’s Live will play host to Roll With It - The Ultimate Oasis Tribute.

Peppa Pig talks to the Galway Advertiser

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

PEPPA PIG is going on a day out with George, Mummy Pig, and Daddy Pig and it is going to be her best day ever! Get ready for a road-trip involving castles, caves, dragons, dinosaurs, ice-creams, and muddy puddles.

Ross Noble brings Humournoid to the Comedy Carnival

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

A HIGHLIGHT of this year’s Vodafone Comedy Carnival will be Ross Noble at the Black Box Theatre, where he will treat Galway to his trademark preposterous musings on life, the universe, and everything.

Doggy friendly Downton Abbey screening

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

THE BRITISH Monarch, Queen Elizabeth, did love her corgis, and dog lovers who love Downtown Abbey can bring their pets to a special 'doggy friendly screening' of the new film in the Pálás this Saturday at 11am.

Alash Ensemble - Tuvan throat singing returns to the Róísín

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

GALWAY HAS been treated to some superb displays of Tuvan throat singing over the past 18 months, and will be again, when the award winning Alash Ensemble play the Róisín Dubh.

An onsite exhibition at Thoor Ballylee

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

YEATS' TOWER at Thoor Ballylee, near Gort, is the setting for an exhibition and literary event, The Roots Of Your Refuge, where eight Galway poets, writers, and visual artists explore the theme of sanctuary.

Ken Bruen to read at Culture Night event

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

KEN BRUEN, the award winning crime writer, and one of the most critically acclaimed novelists to ever emerge from Galway, will read at one of two special Over The Edge events for Culture Night.

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