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Mayo’s frequent appearances down through the years in the pages of one of the world’s best known magazines, National Geographic, is to be the subject of an illustrated lecture at the GMIT Castlebar campus on Wednesday next at 8pm.

GUITARS, VIOLINS, voices, and saxophones will be heard in the Galway City Museum when The ConTempo Quartet host a concert of classical and Christmas music.

Maynooth University recognised the achievements of some of Ireland’s brightest and most promising first-year students at a celebration on campus recently, awarding 128 entrance scholarships to students who achieved 525 points or more in the Leaving Certificate examination.

Irish emigrants have made major contributions to Canadian, Argentinean, American, British, and Australian life, but what might the world have missed out on if the Irish had not emigrated?

A NEW book on John Wilson Croker, the Galwegian who played a key role in the development of the Conservative Party in Britain, will be launched tomorrow.

Many years ago I had the privilege of being invited, with Alf MacLochlain, then the Librarian at NUI Galway, to contribute to a Radio One programme on the state of the Irish publishing industry, which was then flourishing for the first time in the country’s history.

2009 represents the 800th anniversary of the foundation of the Franciscan Order. In Multyfarnham, Co Westmeath, the Irish Franciscans have had a presence at the Franciscan Abbey since the 13th century.

Shortly after the GAA was founded 125 years ago, the universities started putting out hurling and Gaelic football teams and competing against each other. These intervarsity competitions were put on a formal basis with the presentation of the Sigerson Cup for football in 1911, the Fitzgibbon Cup for hurling in 1912, and the Ashbourne Cup for camogie in 1915. Involvement in the GAA in third level institutions was a help to many students in adapting to a new life away from their homes and local clubs. It gave them a common interest with fellow students and helped the process of integration into a more diverse community.