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Viral TikTok sensation Gearoid McCarthy brings his highly anticipated songs to Monroe’s Live tomorrow, Friday, October 11, at 7:30pm.

Set Dancing Classes take place every Tuesday night in Lakeview School, Renmore, (just up from the g Hotel).

A book on one of Galway’s traditional flute players will be launched this week, followed by performances in Ballinasloe, Loughrea and in Galway city by fiddler and flautist Frankie Gavin.

The McBride & Fahy School of Irish Dance was founded by Margaret McBride ADCRG and is renowned for its excellence in Irish dance. The school has produced numerous champions and nurtures a deep appreciation for Irish culture. Known for its competitive success and commitment to tradition, the school offers a supportive environment where dancers of all ages and levels can thrive.

The set of uilleann pipes belonging to Galway’s signatory of the 1916 Proclamation, Eamonn Ceannt, will be returning west next month as part of the Ballina Salmon Festival in Co Mayo.

BY DECLAN VARLEY

THE LOST Brothers, the RTE Folk Award nominees, are finally able to tour their album, After The Fire After The Rain, and will perform this critically acclaimed work in Galway this month.

DAOIRÍ FARRELL has been called "one of the most important traditional singers to emerge in the last decade", by a key figure in Irish music, and a former Planxty member, Dónal Lunny.

HE LEARNED uilleann pipes from Lunasa's Brian Vallely; is a three times All-­­Ireland Champion piper, and is the only Irishman to have won the BBC Young Folk Musician of the Year Award.

Happy first birthday to Old Mayo. The first article appeared on June 17 last year. This week’s offering, the 52nd article in the series, focuses on Mayo’s role in aiding the survival of the uilleann pipes. This not particularly old but peculiarly Irish suited instrument with its smooth, haunting, sounds has drifted from popularity to a precarious state and back.