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The OPW is preparing to lodge a planning application for a new visitor centre to accommodate the world renowned Turoe Stone on a site adjacent to Turoe Pet Farm & Leisure Park near the village of Bullaun.

An East Galway TD has welcomed progress in efforts to return the Turoe Stone to Bullaun.

The Mirror and the Maze is the title of a new exhibition of original paintings and designs by Celtic artist Mike Terrett. The show includes past work as well as new designs completed over the past two years. Mazes and labyrinths are reflected alongside intricate knots and spirals. Themes from myths and legends also appear. Featured is a stunning new painting called: ‘The Rose Labyrinth’.

Cong Moytura Heritage Society is to host an expert talk on one of Ireland’s foremost national treasures - the Cross of Cong - tomorrow (Saturday) at 3pm in the Crossroads Community Centre, Cong.

THE CELTS and the Romans were never bosom buddies. The Celts sacked Rome in 390 AD and Caesar conquered Gaul in the Fifties BC.

Female artists and contemporary artists will be celebrated in two new exhibitions which will be opened next week in the Galway City Museum.

Turoe Farm is just 4km from Exit 16 on the M6, signposted for Bullaun (on left hand side). Turoe Farm has many wonderful facilities that can be viewed online at www.turoepetfarm.com

As part of the work undertaken to prepare the Cross of Cong to travel to the Museum of Country Life at Turlough Park, it was examined by experts in the National Museum’s conservation department. As a result of their on-going work, significant new discoveries about the Cross have been made.

The National Museum is to transfer the Cross of Cong from its Kildare Street Museum of Archaeology to its Museum of Country Life in Castlebar.