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Our first illustration today is of the cover of the sheet music for the song ‘Galway Bay’ as sung by Bing Crosby. It was written by Dr Arthur Colohan, apparently in memory of his brother who was drowned somewhere near Seapoint. I have also been told that it got its first airing in the hotel at the top of Prospect Hill. It seems Colohan, a medical student, was in there with a group of his fellow undergraduates when he told them he had written a song and sat down at the piano to play and sing it for them. The legend is that they fell all over the place laughing. He of course had the last laugh as his song became one of the world’s best sellers, topping the charts in Britain in1950.

US political singer-songwriter Carsie Blanton will perform at the Róisín Dubh this evening, Thursday, April 18, at 8pm.

Cinder Well’s experimental folk music drifts between two far-flung seas: the hazy California coast where she grew up, and the wind-torn swells of Western Ireland that she’s come to love.

Tom toys with the complexities of our ever-changing world and muses on progressiveness and pronouns, not to mention 27 years of marriage, and adult kids who refuse to respect him. He bills the show as for all ages, from iGens to Millennials, Baby Boomers and beyond.

By Maxim Kelly

Delving deep into a catalogue of cult anthems that shaped a generation, Karma Police will perform note-for-note live renditions of Radiohead's greatest hits at the Róisín Dubh this Saturday, February 3.

Galway’s master of comedy, MC Karl Spain, will host special guests at a seasonal Christmas Comedy KARLnival at Róisín Dubh on Thursday, December 28, at 8pm.

"Their authenticity and free expression of creativity is hugely exciting" - Hotpress

Derek Warfield, writer of the hit song Celtic Symphony, will take to the stage at The Venue Athlone, alongside the Young Wolfe Tones, for a special live performance on Saturday, July 1.