Mick Hanly – new album and Town Hall show

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

MICK HANLY, one of Ireland's greatest songwriters, plays the Town Hall Theatre on Sunday May 8 at 8pm, joined by Donal Lunny, to perform songs from his new album, Homeland.

Ska and roots reggae with Big Jelly

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

GALWAY FANS of early Jamaican roots ska are in for a treat when Big Jelly, who play songs by Toots & The Maytals, Skatalites, Prince Buster, Bob Marley, and Lee 'Scratch' Perry, come to Monroe's.

Cafolla and Engel @ HALO

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

CAFOLLA AND Engel, the live saxophone and house music ensemble, return to HALO, playing the Abbeygate Street venue this Sunday.

May Bank Holiday @ Electric

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

THE MAY Bank Holiday weekend at Electric will see a host of leading Galway DJs spinning the decks at the Abbeygate Street venue.

Roots, dub, and reggae weekender

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

MALA OF Digital Mystics, pioneers of the dubstep scene, along with DJs from across Ireland, will perform at the Bank holiday Weekender in the Boatclub, Woodquay, tomorrow and Saturday.

Want to be funny? Let Steve Kaplan show you how

Tue, Apr 26, 2016

"I WROTE my best, funniest sketches thanks, in no small part, to the lessons I learned from Steve Kaplan’s comedy classes. Steve breaks the fine art of comedy down…that helps the unfunny become funny, and the funny become funnier."

Druid revives The Beauty Queen of Leenane

Mon, Apr 25, 2016

TO MARK the 20th anniversary of the debut of Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Druid Theatre Co, which staged that first performance, revive the play for the Town Hall Theatre this September.

Ireland v Italy - with build up and analyses from Après Match

Mon, Apr 25, 2016

WHEN THE Republic of Ireland play Italy in Euro 2016's 'Group of Death', will the 'boys in green' do what we did to Italy at USA 94, or will it be a harrowing 90 minutes that will make the whole championship one to forget?

Luka Bloom announces new Irish tour - includes Galway date

Mon, Apr 25, 2016

FOLLOWING THE release of his new album Frúgalisto, Luka Bloom has announced his first Irish tour in years, which sees the Kildare singer-songwriter play the Róisín Dubh on Friday October 7.

Artists ‘branching out’ at Galway Theatre Festival

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

THE GALWAY Theatre Festival swings into action next week and audiences can look forward to a host of innovative and imaginative shows from Friday April 29 to Saturday May 7.

Bring on the Glitterbomb

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

"I'M 21 today, 21 today! I've got the key of the door, never been 21 before, and Pa says I can do as I like, so shout, 'Hip Hip Hooray!'" goes the old music hall classic and one The Nualas could sing on their current tour.

Film to explore poetry and our relationship to the land

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

IRISH FOLKLORE and poetry as Gaeilge, and what they reveal about our cultural DNA, our sense of place, self, and imagination, will be explored in a film to be screened during the Cúirt literary festival.

Album review: September Girls

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 21, 2016

IN THIS year of commemorating the 1916 Rising, one of the most welcome aspects has been the long overdue acknowledgement of the important role women played in the struggle for freedom.

The Young Folk - new album and Róisín Dubh show

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

THE YOUNG Folk have just released their new album, First Sign Of Morning, and they make a welcome return to the Róisín Dubh on Saturday May 7 at 9pm.

Public lecture to remember the women of 1916

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

Were the Irish women who fought for freedom in 1916 “airbrushed out of Irish history”, just as nurse Elizabeth O’Farrell was airbrushed out of the famous photograph of Patrick Pearse’s surrender on Moore Street?

Galway Patrician Musical Society new show

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

HOW THE West Wasn't Won, a new comedy musical by Peter Kennedy, parodying Calamity Jane, Annie Get Your Gun, and Oklahoma! is to be staged by the Galway Patrician Musical Society.

Lámh For Life photo exhibition

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

ALMOST 50 photographs, highlighting the use of Lámh, a sign system used by those with intellectual disability and communication needs in Ireland, is currently on display in the Eyre Square Shopping Centre.

Paddy Cullivan - exploring the dark secrets of 1916

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

HOW DID the lawyer who prosecuted the 1916 leaders end up in one of the highest positions in the Free State? Why were 280,000 women denied the vote in the Treaty Election of 1922? And why does Michael Collins' assassination remain shrouded in mystery?

Fred Cooke for Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

FRED COOKE describes himself as "honest, childlike and intrigued", but as stand-up comedy fans and anyone who watches Republic Of Telly knows, he should have added "very funny" to that list.

Americana from Josh Harty at Monroe's Live

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

JOSH HARTY has "a voice for troubled times" says The Alternate Root, who can "convey all the complexities of an emotion in a single phrase," according to No Depression.

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