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There was a light-hearted, spring atmosphere at the March plenary meeting of Galway City Council this week, as the city's leaders attempted their assembly solely in Irish for the first time in seven centuries of civic government.

Architecture at the Edge Festival is known for its inspired cultural experiences — and this year is no different as the festival once again presents a compelling programme, featuring installations, exhibitions, film screenings, workshops, talks, tours and much more to explore this autumn.

Westport Civic Trust public lectures return

The thematic for this year’s iteration of the festival will be related to 'Alternative Futures'. AATE will invite audiences to reflect on propositions/ opportunities for change and intervention in a world of uncertainty.

BY Declan Varley

A new site of archaeological importance was discovered at An Liopa Thoir, east of An Spidéal when a local man was out walking after the recent Storm Brendan.

The inaugural Heritage and Scallop Festival is taking place in a number of coastal locations throughout the Connemara Gaeltacht over the weekend of October 4, 5, and 6. The festival was recently launched by chef, restaurateur, and author JP McMahon who praised the voluntary committee for taking the initiative.

THE EIGHTH Féile Traidphicnic, the community-based festival of "music, art, and inclusion" takes place in and around the An Ceardlann Craft Village and Café, in An Spidéal, from July 5 to 7.

Living conditions were very bad in the Claddagh during the Great Famine. Most people there made their living from the sea but they refused to adapt to new and more effective fishing techniques which would have improved their catches, and so their income was affected and poverty ensued. Most of the fishermen there had put their nets in hock just to keep their families alive. Equally, Claddagh people were opposed to education, as their sons would grow up to be fishermen, they felt no need to send them to school. This form of opposition began to soften and eventually in 1827, a national school opened roughly where the statue of Fr Tom Burke is today. The quality of education there was not great so the Dominicans decided to take things into their own hands and build a school that would develop and improve the practical skills of seamanship and fishing for the boys to make them more self-sufficient. The girls would be taught fishery-related skills such as lace-making