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FOR THE first time in 23 years, Mick Hanly, one of Ireland's greatest songwriters, plays An Spideál, with a show at the new upstairs venue os Tígh Giblin's on Thursday August 20 at 9pm.

SEÁN AND Dolores Keane, two of the most distinctive voices in Irish folk, will sing together on stage at the Salthill Hotel on Sunday July 26 at 8pm.

THE TRAD lunchtime concerts have been a feature of the Galway International Arts Festival for more than 20 years, and this year boasts a superb line-up playing Monroe's Live - especially appealing for those who love trad fiddle - and it all kicks off on Thursday.

THE GUITAR, whether used to play rock, jazz, or classical, will be the centre of attention on Tuesday June 2 at The Galway Guitar Night, in The Cellar Bar.

MARY BLACK describes Galway as “a particular favourite place of mine”, but it is no idle platitude. It was here, and more specifically during her tenure with De Dannan, where she came of age as both singer and performer, setting her on the path to her now unassailable position as Ireland’s leading contemporary folk artist.

SOME OF Galway’s greatest trad/folk acts, including Dolores Keane, We Banjo 3, and Dessie O’Halloran, play Monroe’s Live tomorrow at 8pm for the Walk In My Shoes Campaign.

IT IS the gift of a songwriter to put together a story that in lyrics and melody transcends time and place to transport us to a place of his/her making, often without us ever noticing the hand steering us along.

SOME OF GALWAY’S greatest folk musicians, like Sean Keane, Sean Tyrrell, Mary McPartlan, and Johnny Duhan, have joined forces to create The Claddagh Band.

The numbers of Irish families depending on the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) every year has remained high and show no sign of decreasing in any significant way, according to SVP Galway as it launched its annual appeal.

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