Lots of drop in event coming up at the Museum of Country Life
Fri, Sep 28, 2012
Next Friday, October 5, from 11am to 1pm, the knitting circle kicks into action for the month. As always this is a drop in event and no booking is required. The following day, from 11am to 4pm, it is the turn of the Connacht Textile Crafters to put on a felt needling demonstration. Also taking place on Saturday October 6 and every first Saturday of the month is Play That Tune a drop in trad event where everyone is invited to go along and play a few tunes.
Read more ...Roolaboola is coming
Fri, Sep 28, 2012
The team at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar believes we all should have access to the very best creative experiences possible. That is why they are bringing us RoolaBoola Children's Arts Festival, a festival for children aged two to 12 years, over the October Bank Holiday weekend, October 26 to 29. With top shows, workshops, readings, exhibitions and drop-in events, there really will be something to delight and excite for young people and their families too. And the programme is out now. You can get your colourful hard copy from the Linenhall, or check it out online at www.thelinenhall.com
Read more ...Guinness Live in Galway’s Latin Quarter
Fri, Sep 21, 2012
The Latin Quarter Galway this week announced programme details of the Guinness Live music festival which will take place from Thursday September 27 until Sunday September 30.
Read more ...Achill Artists Group at Westport Arts Festival 2012
Fri, Sep 21, 2012
The Achill Artists group is a collective of visual artists based on Achill, who have organised a series of seven group exhibitions over 12 years, each containing new works in sculpture, painting, printmaking, and video.
Read more ...Museum events
Fri, Sep 21, 2012
At the Museum of Country Life, Turlough, a performance of stories from Achill will take place on September 28 from 3pm to 4pm. Join storyteller Gearóidín Breathnach and students from Coláiste Pobail Acla for a performance of local stories from Achill Island including ‘Préachán Acla’ and ‘An Mhaighdean Mhara’. No booking required.
Read more ...Kerbdog to play Mayo’s largest Halloween fancy dress ball
Fri, Sep 21, 2012
Legendary Kilkenny grungers Kerbdog have just announced an exclusive show—Night of the Living Freaks—Halloween Fancy Dress Ball, Mayo’s largest Halloween fancy dress party at The Ruby Room in the TF Royal Theatre, Castlebar.
Read more ...Culture Night at Áras Inis Gluaire
Fri, Sep 21, 2012
Tonight, Friday September 21, locals and visitors across the island of Ireland will enjoy the unique experience of Culture Night, a free night of entertainment, discovery, and adventure taking place in a record 34 towns, cities, counties, and islands in Ireland.
Read more ...Reading in Achill by short story writer
Fri, Sep 21, 2012
The Achill Heinrich Böll Association will present a reading by leading short story writer Claire Keegan at 8pm on Thursday September 27 at the Cyril Gray Memorial Hall, Dugort, Achill.
Read more ...Watch the match on Connacht’s largest screen
Fri, Sep 21, 2012
On Sunday, there is no better place to soak up the All-Ireland final atmosphere than at the Royal Theatre. If you have no tickets for the match, this is the next best thing.
Read more ...New world cinema season at the Linenhall
Fri, Sep 07, 2012
The season of mellow fruitfulness is upon us again and it is time for the Linenhall Film Club to extend a warm welcome to cinephiles old and new. Kicking off an autumn programme full of goodies on Tuesday, September 18, is the uplifting and highly acclaimed Canadian film Monsieur Lazhar. After the suicide of a popular teacher at a Montreal school, the eponymous Monsieur Lazhar shows up at the stressed head’s office and is appointed as the class’s substitute teacher. A man of dignity and compassion, with his old-school methods Lazhar turns out to be an excellent teacher, bringing emotional stability to pupils troubled by the earlier events, but as the film unfolds his own tragic circumstances as a refugee from his native Algeria are revealed, in a film nominated for Best Foreign Film at this year’s Oscars.
Read more ...Ballina in Wallace mode as great composer recalled
Fri, Sep 07, 2012
Celebrations are in full swing in Ballina to mark the bicentenary of composer William Vincent Wallace who has been described as the rock star of his day with many compositions to his name, including the 1850s smash hits ‘Maritana’ and ‘Lurline’.
The Wallaces (his sister Eliza was a diva) travelled the world in the 19th century and attained international celebrity status. The family had deep roots in the north Mayo region. An Exhibition of Wallace Memorabilia by experts Dr David Grant of Waterford and Pete Jaggard of the UK, is running until September 15 in Ballina Library.
Read more ...Horselips are coming back to town
Fri, Sep 07, 2012
The legendary Irish Celtic rock band Horslips return to the west after their knockout performance at the Westport Music Festival earlier this year. They will be back in Castlebar on Bank Holiday Sunday October 28 in the Royal Theatre.
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