'I love coming to Galway'

Thu, Apr 18, 2019

IN THE four years since poet Hollie McNish last appeared at the Róisín Dubh, her career has continued to flourish and diversify. Ahead of her return to the city next week, she declares: “I love coming to Galway. I’ll be spending two days there when I come.”

A Laugh For Rob

Thu, Apr 18, 2019

A LAUGH For Rob is a night of comedy in remembrance of Robert Murray, taking place in the Róisín Dubh, with proceeds going to three different charities.

Galway record labels feature in new documentary series

Thu, Apr 18, 2019

INDEPENDENT'S DAY, 10-part radio series looking at the state of independent music and record labels in Ireland, will be broadcast on RTÉ 2XM on Mondays at 1pm, and repeated on Wednesdays at 1pm, for 10 weeks starting April 22.

Paint, eat, and enjoy a drink

Thu, Apr 18, 2019

IMAGINE AN art class where you can learn, or improve, your painting skills, while enjoying a glass of prosecco and some food? You can at Drink & Draw Ireland.

The Dirty Circus - April Showers

Thu, Apr 18, 2019

APRIL SHOWERS, this month's show from The Dirty Circus, is all set to pour out lashings of sauce, naughtiness, decadence, and glamour, in another glittering display of carbaret and burlesque.

Creative writing classes

Thu, Apr 18, 2019

CREATIVE WRITING classes with Kevin Higgins, covering poetry, and with Susan Miller DuMars, covering fiction, will take place in May, and enrolment is now taking place.

KeyWest play the Black Box next week

Thu, Apr 18, 2019

“NO BAND gets a crowd going quite like KeyWest…they truly are masters of eliciting maximum crowd responses,” so said Hot Press, about a band who are no strangers to Galway.

Macy Gray and The Coronas announced for Festival Big Top

Mon, Apr 15, 2019

SOUL SINGER Macy Gray and one of Ireland's favourite bands, The Coronas, have been announced as the final headline acts to play the Galway International Arts Festival Big Top this summer.

Susan Miller DuMars gets Naked

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

A QUARTER century of poetry will be marked, collected, and celebrated when Susan Millar DuMars' Naked: New & Selected Poems is launched this month as part of the Cúirt International Festival of Literature.

Pat McDonnell at the Comedy KARLnival

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

PAT MCDONNELL will always be best known for his Daniel O'Donnell spoofing Eoin McLove character on Father Ted, but it should never be forgotten what an accomplished and respected stand-up comedian he is.

Dead Dog In A Suitcase

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

IT MIGHT not sound like it, but Dead Dog In A Suitcase is actually the title of a love song. It does though, sound like a play about a contract killer. It is both, in fact, as Galway will see this summer.

Life of Brian at the Pálás

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

FORTY YEARS after it was released - in 1979, when it was also banned in Ireland - Monty Python's Life Of Brian celebrates this milestone birthday with a special screening in the Pálás.

Catherine Fleming and A Fear Of Colour

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

A FEAR Of Colour may sound like a strange title for a visual artist to have for an exhibition, especially when colour is such a striking aspect of the works of Catherine Flaming.

Album review: Fontaines D.C.

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 11, 2019

IMAGINE A song which sounds as though it were written by Shane McGowan, but performed by The Velvet Underground. That song is 'Dublin City Sky', the closing track on Fontaines D.C.'s debut album.

'Edna’s writing is so honest; nothing is sugar-coated'

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

WHEN EDNA O’Brien’s novel, The Country Girls was first published in 1960, it scandalised conservative Catholic Ireland and the controversy over the book saw it being both banned and ceremonially burned.

Charlie’s a Clepto at the Mick Lally Theatre

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

CHARLIE IS a kleptomaniac - the doctor told her. Reckons it stems from childhood trauma. But she has the robbin’ completely under control these days. For real.

The Sisters Brothers - dark, funny, and nihilistic

Films Reviews Thu, Apr 11, 2019

THE SISTERS Brothers is French director Jacques Audiard’s English-language debut. Audiard first came to attention in 2005 with The Beat That My Heart Skipped, and enjoyed wide acclaim for 2009's magnificent A Prophet.

See The Godfather on the big screen

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

IT IS directed by Francis Ford Coppola. It boasts an all-star cast of Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, and Marlon Brando. It is one of the great films about the Mafia. It is, regardless of subject matter, one of the greatest film ever made.

Ailbhe Darcy - the best Irish Poet of her generation?

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

AILBHE DARCY grew up in Dublin, graduated with a PhD from the University of Notre Dame, and now teaches creative writing at Cardiff University. I first became aware of her almost 20 years ago when she submitted a poem, ‘Gavrilo Princip’, to The Burning Bush, of which I was a co-editor.

Ye Vagabonds - new album, Róisín Dubh gig

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

FOLLOWING THE release of their very fine new album, The Hare's Lament, folk/trad duo Ye Vagabonds - Carlow brothers Brían and Diarmuid MacGloinn - return to the Róisín Dubh.

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