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ANYONE WHO has not yet booked a ticket for The Dead School, directed by Andrew Flynn and featuring a 23-strong cast drawn from Galway Youth Theatre and Galway Community Theatre, should remedy that post haste – this is one of the best shows in the Galway International Festival.

How many famous people lifted that heavy brass knocker on the door of Lady Augusta Gregory’s home at Coole, Co Galway, and gave it a resounding rat- a -tat -tat? It resounded again last weekend with all the authority of a grumpy judge’s gavel. The writer and broadcaster John Quinn, chairman of the 19th Autumn Gathering, used it to great effect to keep speakers to their time, and to summon people to the next event.

THE IMPORTANCE of Irish traditional music to the Irish Diaspora cannot be over stressed. Great musicians such as Tommy McCarthy, Mick Conneely, John Gannon, and Peter Carberry played key roles in fostering a sense of Irishness for their communities in London, Manchester, and Boston.

Balla Secondary School are looking for volunteers to take part in Stars in Your Eyes.

Connacht are still waiting final fitness testing on new signing Dan Parks ahead of tomorrow evening’s first interprovincial fixture of the season.

A well-known Galway footballer of the fifties, Brendan Glynn, passed away in the city this week.

Maree Basketball Club is preparing to contest two National Cup finals in Tallaght on the last weekend in January following semi-final action last weekend in Cork.

A very different Christmas tradition will take place again this year as people from Ballina and the surrounding areas will take part in the GOAL Mile on the Ballina Athletic Club track at Belleek, Ballina, on Christmas morning from 11am to 12.30pm.

The Legion of Mary, which is celebrating 90 years’ service, are holding its annual dinner and social in Hotel Westport on Sunday December 4 from 2pm to 6pm.

Thirty-two students have been awarded sports scholarships at NUI Galway this week, bringing the total number of students receiving sports scholarships at the university to 60.