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Galway secured two honours at the 20th annual All-Ireland Community and Council Awards, held at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre at the weekend.

Born in Galway in 1892 to Thomas Griffin and Mary Kyne, Father Michael Griffin had a very nondescript childhood, attending public school before being ordained in 1917.

A truly stellar line-up of musicians from Wigmore Hall, the home of London’s chamber music, will visit Galway city in March.

Leading Irish musicians, tenor Gavan Ring and pianist Fiachra Garvey, will perform Ballads of a Bogman in St Joseph’s Church, Presentation Road, on Wednesday, February 11, at 7.30pm.

This special performance takes place on Sunday, September 21, at 5.00pm, in St Joseph’s Church, Clifden.

A Sunday treat awaits fans of classical violin and viola this weekend, with a city performance by the Vanbrugh Trio and Friends at St Joseph’s Church, Presentation Road, March 30, at 3pm.

A public commemoration is to take place at the Liam Mellow’s Statue in Eyre Square this coming Sunday, December 11 to mark the centenary of the execution of Liam Mellows.

It may be a cliché but the old adage that the happiest days of our lives were the ones we spent at school would be true for most people. When we were in school, we probably thought that it was all lies, but later we gradually realised it was true. Life changes with time but memories of our school days remain the same all the time, days of laughter, smiles, great friendships, games in the school yard, no worries of bills, taxes or finances, desks with flip-tops and inkwells in the middle, heavy school bags, the glantóir, headline copies, the poems we learned, the sheer joy of the last day before the holidays, the imaginative excuses for being late … “The two wheels fell off me bicycle, sir”.

THE NAVARRA Quartet, one of Britain’s most sought-after string quartets, are coming to Galway to perform a concert at St Joseph’s Church, Presentation Road.

WITH THE return of live music and concerts, there is a sense of optimism and possibility again, not to mention a determination to make up for the lost time enforced by the Covid-19 pandemic.