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Europe’s only annual festival of nomadic cultures, Galway based Misleór has launched their 2024 programme. The programme features a vibrant mix of music, film, talks, poetry, storytelling, workshops and art exhibitions. The Misleór Festival of Nomadic Cultures will connect nomadic peoples from around the world and showcase their artistry at over 25 events over four days. ?

News of the funding was announced by Galway Traveller Movement (GTM), following the organisation's success in securing resources to expand the scope of its online interactive map of traditional Traveller camp sites in Galway city and county.

The new exhibition, Surrounded by Stone, Galway: 1100 BC – AD 1750 was last week officially launched at Galway City Museum. The opening was performed by Lynn Scarff, Director of the National Museum of Ireland. Other speakers at the event included the Mayor of the City of Galway, Cllr. Eddie Hoare, Chief Executive of Galway City Council, Leonard Cleary and the Director of the Galway City Museum, Eithne Verling.

The National Museum of Ireland - Country Life is located at Turlough Park, Castlebar, Co Mayo, and is just a 30 minute drive from Mayo's section of the Wild Atlantic Way.

The year 2024 marks the 1500th anniversary of the death of St Brigid (c. 450–524) of Ireland, who some scholars believe is a personality generated during the period of transition from Irish Paganism to Christianity, replacing the goddess Brigit, the Irish manifestation of the Celtic Brigantia.

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.

This Halloween midterm break, the ghosts of Gaelic Ireland may be gracing the galleries of Galway City Museum as Dave Swift of Claíomh Living History, shines a light on Ireland’s Gaelic past.

The iconic Naomh Éanna, which served as the main ferry link between the Aran Islands and the mainland for several decades up to the 1980s, is set to feature in a permanent maritime exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland – Country Life in Mayo.

FOLKLIFE, curated by Culture Works, culminates in an outdoor multi-disciplinary programme of inclusive and engaging arts events and interventions.

Folklife, curated by Culture Works, is an outdoor multi-disciplinary and artist residency programme of inclusive and engaging arts events and interventions.