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This March, Kinvara Heritage Group is delighted to present 'Cresswell Comes Home', an exhibition at Kinvara Courthouse showcasing photographs of local Kinvara people, daily life, and landscapes captured by Robert Cresswell in the 1950s. Official opening will be on Friday, March 14 at 7pm and the photos will be exhibited until March 23.

People in County Galway are being invited to contribute stories and memories about community midwives in the 19th and 20th century as part of a project led by the National Museum of Ireland.

People in County Galway are being invited to contribute stories and memories about community midwives in the 19th and 20th century as part of a project led by the National Museum of Ireland.

The National Museum of Ireland at Turlough Park is hosting an afternoon of workshops exploring the popular tradition of crafting St Brigid's crosses, on Saturday, January 25. There are two free workshop sessions available at 2pm and 3.30pm.

The last months of 1920, were the most vicious and bloody in the War of Independence in Galway. There were a lot of killings, burnings, shootings and beatings.

The return of 13 islanders’ skulls stolen from Inishbofin in the late 19th century is set to feature in a new TG4 documentary on museums and decolonisation, to be broadcast next week.

The National Museum of Ireland is inviting people to discover some Christmas traditions from yesteryear, through a new programme of events and activities at Turlough Park, Castlebar, this month.

‘Westward Ho! Let us rise with the sun, and be off to the land of the west - to the lakes and streams - the grassy glens and fern-clad gorges - the bluff hills and rugged mountains - now cloud-capped, then revealed in azure, or bronzed by evening’s tints, as the light of day sinks into the bold swell of the Atlantic….’

The Cross of Cong, one of Ireland’s great ecclesiastical treasures, was reputedly made at Cloncraff monastary, Co Roscommon. Its unsurpassed craftsmanship was inspired by its relic, a splinter of the wood of the cross on which Christ was crucified.

The story of the Claddagh ring, which is made up of a plain hoop attached to a hammered or cast bezel designed as two hands clasping a crowned heart, has so much folklore and myth attached to it that it is hard to know where legend ends and truth begins. The motif of clasped hands is usually referred to as a ‘fede’ or ‘hands in faith’ ring and has been used on love rings since Roman times. The heart, regarded by lovers as the seal of affection, made an appearance on rings at a later date, as did the crown which is the distinguishing feature of the Claddagh Ring from all the others.