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For sixty years Galway Film Society has been at the heart of culture in Galway and the west of Ireland. And at the heart of GFS for most of those years were Joe and Bridie McMahon.

Last weekend the eighth annual Little Cinema/Galway City of Film 48 Hour Challenge had 10 teams each create a five-minute film within 48 hours.

The 36th Galway Film Fleadh, running from July 9-14 at the Town Hall Theatre and Pálás Cinema, will spotlight Palestinian cinema in its Country of Focus strand. Among the standout events is the Irish premiere of “To a Land Unknown,” which will close the festival on July 14.

In 1639, the Corporation ordered that some of the shops and buildings adjacent to the market be pulled down and “all the same be reduced into a strong sufficient stone house, covered with slate and to be underpropped with good stone pillars, whereby way through it shall be to the said church”. The proposed building was to be opposite the present Anthony Ryan’s shop and was to be a Tholsel or premises for the town clerk, for the Corporation records and for meetings of the Common Council.

Succession star and renowned actor Brian Cox will be a key guest of the Galway Film Fleadh this year for a highly anticipated public interview as part of the 36th edition of the festival, offering a rare chance to hear from the veteran.

It doesn't get much better than summertime in Galway. A city steeped in history, culture, and life, Galway city should be top of everyone's Wild Atlantic Way agenda. The City of the Tribes' is always brimming with energy and joy, but there is a unique energy about the city in the summer. This is helped by the number of festivals and events happening around Galway city during the summer months.

Every now and again, something crops up on the rich cultural scene Galway is home to, and it makes you think: wow. Generation Fleadh, which runs for four days from Monday, 13 November, definitely wows.

‘The image of that little cottage, my grandparents used to run a textile business out of there, they used to do the markets. So that image is really important to me’ the filmmaker David McDonagh tells me in reference to the opening shot of his short documentary Being Put Back Together, which won best film in its category at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh and has been long listed for an Academy Award.

Exactly half a century after first exhibiting his magnificent bronze sculptures at The Kenny Gallery in Galway, John Behan returns with Across the Bitter Sea.

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.