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Ashford Castle has announced details of its 2025 History Festival featuring four of Ireland’s leading historians, broadcasters and writers who will explore the rich, complex and fascinating history of the west of Ireland. The annual event will take place over two days, February 28 and March 1 in the historic castle in Cong.

It is that time of year already: school is out, life guards are on duty, the city is filled with dusty D-reg jeeps collecting Irish College escapees, and the Galway International Arts Festival begins in earnest next week when the whole town seems enchanted.

The 2024 Galway International Arts Festival will include seven world premiers, a new visual arts commission, the most extensive music line-up to date, and new theatre co-produced with partners Landmark Productions and Once Off Productions.

Returning for a 46th instalment, Clifden Arts Festival is set to embrace those special unplanned moments that Seamus Heaney called “the music of what happens”.

Award-winning writer, Elizabeth Reapy, has been named as judge of this year’s Wild Atlantic Words literary festival short story competition.

DESPITE ALL the obstacles the Covid-19 pandemic has put in the way, the 2021 Galway International Arts Festival has emerged triumphant, with an impressive, and exciting array of events for the autumn.

The 2021 Wild Atlantic Words literary festival short story competition will be judged by award-winning writer, John Patrick McHugh.

The 2020 Wild Atlantic Words literary festival short story competition will be judged by award-winning writer, Lisa McInerney.

Athlone Town Mayor, Cllr. Frankie Keena, has welcomed the decision to cancel the RIC/DMP commemoration which had been scheduled to take place on January 17 in Dublin Castle.