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The final weekend of the Galway International Arts Festival at Monroe’s Live promises to be an exciting one with Teddy Thompson, Gruff Rhys, George Murphy and The Rising Sons and Tara Howley performing from today, Thursday, July 25, to this Sunday, July 28.

Singer-songwriter Teddy Thompson will perform at Monroe’s Live on Thursday, July 25, at 8pm as part of the Galway International Arts Festival.

Clifden student Martha Lilly O’Callaghan is preparing to leave for The Philippines on a four-week ethical volunteer programme with Irish charity, SERVE. Martha will leave in July after completing three months of pre-departure training. Martha will travel with ten others to work with the Badjao community in Cebu.

First performed in 1962, ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ is a classic play taking place over one long night when a couple hosts after-party drinks with another younger couple, who have recently moved to the area.

The area of Headford has been described as a place filled with ‘shock, numbness and a feeling of despair’ following the deaths of two young teenagers, Lukas Joyce and Kirsty Bohan in a road traffic accident on Monday.

First performed in 1962, ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ is a classic play taking place over one long night when a couple hosts after-party drinks with another younger couple, who have recently moved to the area.

The first musical production by a Galway Musical Society in the 20th century was ‘The Messiah’ performed by the Galway Orchestral Society in 1902 and we know, they also performed in the Court Theatre in 1903. In 1907, the Technical Choral Society was formed under the baton of Clement Leaper, headmaster of the Technical School. In 1924, Miss Mai Fogarty produced ‘The Bohemian Girl’ and later ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ but after that there was no notable musical society until the 1950’s.

The church of St Nicholas of Myra was first built c1320, making it 700 years old this year. It is the largest medieval church in Ireland and there has been constant Christian worship there since it was built. The chancel with its three windows in the south wall dates from the beginning, the nave, and the transept date from about a century later. In 1477 Christopher Columbus is believed to have worshipped here. In 1484, the church was granted Collegiate jurisdiction by which it was to be governed by a warden and vicars who would be appointed by the mayor and burghers of the town.

Mayo native Tomás Guiry this week presented staff at the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association (IMNDA) with a cheque for €13,805.66. The Foxford local ran 52 individual 5km races in 2017 to raise the much needed funds for the charity. Mr Guiry chose to undertake this mammoth challenge as his aunt Breda Cherakai sadly passed away from motor neurone disease.

When Beezneez Theatre Company premiered John McDwyer’s sparkling new comedy, Turning Mammy, last autumn the production was greeted with standing ovations from full houses throughout Ireland.