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Leader returns home to find the next kicking king
Former professional rugby player Tadhg Leader is returning to his roots in the search for American Football Kicking talent in Ireland
All to play for as club football championship action kicks off
The fight for the Frank Fox Trophy begins tomorrow with the opening round of this season's Galway senior club football championship.
Acclaimed Flautist and Singer, Steph Geremia, Joins Elite Musicians for Exciting Night of Folk
Fresh from releasing her latest track ‘Blue is the Colour of Lonesome’ from her upcoming album titled ‘If Tomorrow’, internationally renowned flautist and singer, Steph Geremia will join an elite band of folk musicians at Monroe’s Live on Saturday, July 29 as part of the Galway International Arts Festival.
'The Graceless Age: The Ballad of John Murry' to be screened at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh
John Murry decamped to Ireland a decade ago. Originally from Tupelo, Mississippi, he released his debut LP, The Graceless Age, on Rubyworks back in 2013 to ecstatic reviews.
Embrace The Ennio Morricone Experience with a live Tuar Ard date in October
An early date for your autumn season social diary as a six piece orchestral ensemble will grace the Tuar Ard Arts Centre stage in Moate on October 21, the sextet uniting to entertain the auditorium with The Ennio Morricone Experience.
Darkie Barton
Professional boxer Kid Johnson, an American light-weight champion, was touring Ireland in 1902. In January, while at the Town Hall in Castlebar, he sparred with Darkie Barton. The Boxing World & Mirror of Life announced that Barton, an 'old man' in boxing circles, held his own, and afterwards, the pair agreed to a formal match. In September 1901, Barton had been knocked out in one minute and five seconds by Henry Brown, Liverpool's 'coloured champion'. Browne had also disposed of Johnson in four rounds.
Thoor Ballylee launches poetry prize as part of centenary celebration of Yeats’ Nobel Prize
The Yeats Thoor Ballylee International Poetry Prize has been launched at the iconic south Galway tower house to mark the centenary of WB Yeats’ Nobel Prize for Literature.
Galway Film Fleadh announces exciting programme for 35th edition
With new Irish cinema, award winning world cinema, short films, panels, discussions, and masterclasses, the 35th edition of the Galway Film Festival will bring powerful, moving, funny and provocative storytelling from both emerging and renowned filmmakers to Galway for the 35th edition of the Galway Film Fleadh.
Irish documentary telling the story of John F. Kennedy’s visit to Galway to be showcased at major museums
A new, Irish documentary directed by Galway native Pamela Finn will be showcased at the JFK Hyannis Museum Cape Cod, Massachusetts United States and Galway City Museum this summer.
