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When The Fureys make their eagerly awaited visit to The Shamrock Lodge Hotel on Thursday, January 4, they will treat their audience to one of popular music’s richest legacies.

The family run Shamrock Lodge Hotel in Athlone invites you to an afternoon of festive entertainment like no other!

Prior to 1961, public performance of Irish traditional music in Galway took place primarily in the form of céilís in large dancehalls — namely in the Hangar, the Commercial and the Astaire. These were enormously popular — remember the hundreds of bicycles parked outside the Hangar on a Sunday night — but they began to go out of fashion in the sixties and were regarded as old fashioned and backward.

A live date for your Spring 2023 diary as Declan Nerney and his band return to Tuar Ard Arts Centre in Moate on Sunday, February 26.

A live date for your Spring 2023 diary as Declan Nerney and his band return to Tuar Ard Arts Centre in Moate on Sunday, February 26.

Emma Stone plays Estella, a Vivian Westwood type young, aspiring, fashion designer working in a Devil Wears Prada like scenario with her boss, excellently named The Baroness played, magnificently, by Emma Thompson.

EMMA STONE plays Estella, a Vivian Westwood type young, aspiring, fashion designer working in a Devil Wears Prada like scenario with her boss, excellently named The Baroness played, magnificently, by Emma Thompson.

One of Ireland's finest songwriters, singers and multi-instrumentalist, Paul Brady will grace the surrounds of the Radisson Blu Hotel Athlone on Friday, March 27, as part of his 2020 Irish tour.

One of Ireland's finest songwriters, singers and multi-instrumentalist, Paul Brady will grace the surrounds of the Radisson Blu Hotel Athlone on Friday, March 27, as part of his 2020 Irish tour.

After the war, there was a bit of a building boom of dance halls around the country. Radio had introduced popular music to the general public and more and more people wanted to move to the music, so dance bands began to form. Some of those in Galway were Des Fretwells’ Band, Maxie Dooley’s Musicmakers, The Bill Keaveney Orchestra, and Gerry Cahill’s Dance Band. They played the popular music of the day, were mostly seated on stage and reading the music from stands in front of them. Then along came Bill Haley and rock and roll and everything changed. The showbands had arrived. Music stands were forgotten, musicians played standing up and literally began to move with the times.