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Step inside Santa's Workshop at the GAA Museum in Croke Park for an unforgettable Christmas adventure! Fans of the festive season and GAA are invited to pull on your club or county jerseys and head to the GAA Museum at Croke Park, where Santa Claus himself is ready to lead his team of elves in another unforgettable Santa Experience.

Athlone Castle & Visitor Centre was transformed into a magical festive experience with all the charm and atmosphere you would expect as Santa and Mrs Claus visited the historic location prior to Christmas.

Christmas is a time for giving, and sadly also a time when a lot of food is wasted in Westmeath, the Midlands region and all over Ireland.

At the end of what has been a busy year for the volunteers at Lough Ree RNLI comes the news that Santa Claus is going to take time out from his hectic schedule to attend the Christmas Open Day at Lough Ree RNLI boathouse at Coosan Point on Saturday, December 16.

Athlone Castle & Visitor Centre will transform into a magical festive experience this year to celebrate Christmas with all the charm and atmosphere you would expect at such a historic location.

St Nicholas of Myra is the patron saint of archers, sailors, merchants, repentant thieves, brewers, pawnbrokers, unmarried people, students, and children. He is also the patron saint of Galway, and our oldest church, St Nicholas' Collegiate, is named after him. He was a legendary giver of gifts, particularly to the poor. He would hand coins in through windows or open doors, and if they were closed, sometimes he would put them down the chimney. This was the origin of the tradition of Santa coming down the chimney bearing gifts. The tradition was good for business for chimney sweeps, it would be difficult to explain soot marks on the floor on Christmas morning.

Sleigh bells will be ringing loudly over Athlone Castle on Saturday, December 17, as Santa and his trusted elves will be on site for a very special day to meet the boys and girls from Athlone and surrounding Midlands areas.

The North Kerry village of Finuge gave a resounding welcome to musicians, songwriters and storytellers who travelled on the August Bank Holiday weekend to celebrate and compete in the 2022 Seán McCarthy Memorial Weekend, following a three year absence.

What is your idea of perfect happiness?

How, how, how perfect would it be to hear directly from Santa just in time for the festive season?