Search Results for 'Gregory'

The Lady Gregory-Yeats Autumn Gathering breaks fresh ground this year with a new website, theme and leadership.

There was an air of creative ambition in Áras na nGael last Monday evening as Na Cleasaithe presented a double bill pairing a new work with a fresh interpretation of an Irish theatrical classic.

A new free hop-on hop-off shuttle bus service connecting some of south Galway’s most important literary, cultural and natural heritage sites has begun operating this week. The service was launched at Coole Park on Tuesday by Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Sean Canney.

A new free hop-on hop-off shuttle bus service connecting some of south Galway’s most important literary, cultural and natural heritage sites has begun operating this week. The service was launched at Coole Park today (Tuesday) by Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Sean Canney. 

Despite the centre only reopening its doors last July following major renovation work, it is understood that the roof of the building is still in a vulnerable condition.

Galway’s iconic cultural centre, Áras na nGael, is set to receive a €170k grant for conservation repairs to the shared roof of a historic terrace of Georgian townhouses on Dominick Street.

This is the time of year when parents are preparing to get their children ready for going back to school, when the kids are feeling sorry for themselves, and their days of carefree freedom in the sunshine are coming to an end.

Music lovers are in for a treat next Sunday, August 3, as the historic Claregalway Castle opens its doors for an enchanting evening of opera at the Summer Salon Concert. The event will feature two exceptional sopranos, Helen Hancock and Anna Rose Marshall, in a programme that spans from the Baroque to the Romantic era.

On this day, 50 years ago, Druid Theatre Company opened their first production, ‘The Playboy of the Western World’ in the Jesuit Hall on Sea Road. The following evening they staged “It’s a two foot six inches above the Ground World” and on the third night it was “The Loves of Cass Maguire”. It was an ambitious beginning.