Mayor recalls his one movie roll at film fleadh launch

Thu, Jun 29, 2017

IN HIS first official engagement as Mayor of Galway, Pearce Flannery told the launch of the 29th Galway Film Fleadh, how, as a boy in Ballinasloe, he and his friends were thrilled to be cast as extras in the 1971 movie, Flight Of The Doves.

Teenagers sought to star in Aladdin

Thu, Jun 29, 2017

DISNEY'S ALADDIN will be staged by the award winning Galway theatre company, Twin Productions, and auditions are open for teenagers who would like to perform in the show.

Get your man-bun ready, it's time for 'cool' irregular bingo again!

Thu, Jun 29, 2017

BINGO IS something associated with elderly ladies, not craft beer loving young men who listen to bands that don't even exist yet. Yet, there are hipsters who would love a chance to play the game.

The Deans - new sounds, Róisín Dubh gig

Thu, Jun 29, 2017

THEY BEGAN as an unrepentant blue-rock power trio, they then evolved into a full on roots-rock band. Today the sound is progressive and not afraid to get ambient. They are The Deans.

Debuts feature films at the Galway Film Fleadh

Thu, Jun 29, 2017

THE GALWAY Film Fleadh is never short of world premieres and directorial debuts, and among the films to be screened are new works by Irish film-makers Tom Collins and Nick Kelly.

Looking into the psyche of 'toughened, conflicted' women

Thu, Jun 29, 2017

UNDER A dark and unforgiving sky, in a society in chaos and turmoil, three women who have endured physical, sexual, or emotional trauma and violence, drug abuse, and one finding herself needing to seek an abortion, gather to tell their stories.

Féile Traidphicnic 2017

Thu, Jun 29, 2017

FÉILE TRAIDPHICNIC, the community festival of traditional Irish music and culture, returns to An Spidéal this weekend, with concerts from Kíla, Zoë Conway and Johnny Óg Connolly, and Treasa Ní Cheannabháin.

The reality and responsibility of parenthood

Thu, Jun 29, 2017

A YOUNG couple struggle to adapt to the reality and responsibility of parenthood after the birth of their first child. This is A Break In The Clouds, a short film which premieres at the Galway Film Fleadh.

Pride Bingo - back by demand

Thu, Jun 29, 2017

FOLLOWING THE success of the Bingo night in Nova to raise funds for the 2017 Galway Community Pride festival, two further evenings of “number calling” are being organised for July 5 and 19.

GIAF 17 trad lunchtimes at Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jun 29, 2017

THE ANNUAL lunchtime trad gigs, an essential part of any Galway International Arts Festival, return to Monroe’s Live, with shows taking place from July 20 to 22 and July 27 to 29.

Family lunchtime classical concerts

Thu, Jun 29, 2017

NICO AND Martin are taking children on a fascinting journey Out Of The Door. The WhistleBlast Quartet will bring them on a guided tour of the best loved characters from fairy tales - this is the Galway Music Residency's Family Lunchtime Concerts.

The slave and sporting hero buried in Galway

Wed, Jun 28, 2017

HOW DID a freed slave, and the first American sporting hero, end up being buried in a pauper’s grave in Mervue? The fascinating story of Tom Molineaux will be told in a new documentary to be screened at the Galway Film Fleadh.

Tragedy that really packs a punch

Theatre Reviews Wed, Jun 28, 2017

GALWAY COMMUNITY Theatre joined forces with the Town Hall Theatre for its most ambitious show to date, Sean O’Casey’s Juno and The Paycock. It is the first time GCT have tackled one of the classics and, directed skilfully by Andrew Flynn, they did themselves proud.

In Praise of Lol - a Cure playlist

Mon, Jun 26, 2017

LOL TOLHURST, co-founder of The Cure with Robert Smith, was invovled in the creation of much of the band's finest music from their 1979 debut album Three Imaginary Boys to Disintigration in 1989. In advance of Lol coming to the Róisín Dubh to read from his insightful, often fascinating, and poignant autobiography Cured, we present a selection of key album tracks, classic singles, and one oddity, from Lol's tenure in The Cure.

'Reservoir Dogs meets medieval literature'

Thu, Jun 22, 2017

ONE OF the hottest tickets in this year’s Galway International Arts Festival is Kneehigh Theatre Company’s exhilarating production of Tristan & Yseult which runs at the Town Hall Theatre from July 18 to 22.

Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering June 2017

Thu, Jun 22, 2017

THE WRITER June Caldwell launches her debut short story collection, Room Little Darker, at the Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering, which takes place next week in the Kitchen Café of the Galway City Museum.

Selma McCormack goes Full Circle at Kenny's

Thu, Jun 22, 2017

FULL CIRCLE may be the name of a long forgotten post-Jim Morrison album by The Doors but it is also the title of an exhibition by abstract artist Selma McCormack, which is certain to make an impact when it opens tomorrow.

Patrick McDonnell @ Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Jun 22, 2017

HE WAS Eoin McLove in Father Ted. He was one of the prime movers in Naked Camera. He is a regular at the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh, one who makes a welcome return tomorrow night.

Niamh Regan - New EP and Róisín Dubh gig

Thu, Jun 22, 2017

NIAMH REGAN, the County Galway singer-songwriter, nominated for Best Solo Female Act by Pure M magazine this year, will launch of her new EP in the Róisín Dubh next week.

Album review: Radiohead

Music Reviews Thu, Jun 22, 2017

OK COMPUTER was where Radiohead went from delivering era-defining music - The Bends - to creating an album for the ages; revealing themselves as the successors to Pink Floyd, and admitting, without saying it out loud, that they are a prog-rock band.

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