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It is no longer the Galway Arts Festival, it is the Galway International Arts Festival, a recognition of how the July event has grown to become one of the premiere arts events in Ireland and Europe.

FROM THE lieder tradition in Germany to bands like Iron Maiden setting Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s ‘The Rime of The Ancient Mariner’ to music, there has long been a connection between literature and song.

In a rare, not-to-be-missed collaboration, Maria Doyle Kennedy and Heathers will perform live at Wineport Lodge in Glasson on Wednesday September 4. The unique event will begin with a drinks reception, followed by a five-course dinner in The Restaurant and the one-night-only performance by two of the country’s most gifted acts. The concert will include a beautiful collection of songs and melodies as these talented artists perform live together in this unique setting.

“I have found my voice,” sings Maria Doyle Kennedy on ‘The Silence’, a track from her beguiling new album, Sing. And what a voice - sometimes melancholic, other times joyful, always passionate - elemental folk shot through with a potent soulful impulse.

One of the most remarkably gifted and versatile female artists ever to come out of Ireland, Maria Doyle Kennedy is appearing at the Hole In The Wall in Kilkenny on Saturday April next.

The Dublin based band, ‘Preacher’s Son,’ are performing in Thomastown this Saturday, October 30.

The Minister for Defence, Tony Killeen has said that there are no plans in the pipeline to close James Stephens Barracks in Kilkenny or any other barracks in the country.

Ambrose Gaughan, Derek Molloy, David Carney, and Ray Fitzpatrick upheld local honour on Sunday’s Sligo Stages Rally, with both crews recording top finishes in their respective classes.