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An author and archaeologist in Galway has won the prestigious Michel Déon prize for non fiction.

An author and archaeologist in Galway has won the prestigious Michel Déon prize for non fiction.

For the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society will host a public talk interrogating aspects of connexion between Ireland and revolutionary America.

Archaeologists have rediscovered a ‘lost’ Neolithic tomb and located a second, previously unidentified, tomb during excavations at a prehistoric site revealing new evidence about the earliest farming communities in the west of Ireland.

John Waddell, former Professor of Archaeology at the University of Galway, is one of six non-fiction authors selected for the 2026 Michel Déon Prize for his work The Celtic World: A History.

A major new research project uncovering the overlooked histories of minority communities in Galway during the early decades of Irish independence will launch later this month at the Spanish Arch.

Professor Daniel Carey, Established Professor of English at the University of Galway has been elected as the 59th president of the Royal Irish Academy.

Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop on Middle Street has six rooms teeming rooms with more than 150,000 books, which will surely satisfy all your Christmas book-shopping needs.

University of Galway yesterday announced the recipients of Honorary Degrees at the 2024 Autumn Conferring ceremonies. The Honorary Degree recipients will join over 1,800 graduands, at events running from Thursday August 22 to Tuesday August 27.