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Nearly two centuries after the Bodkin family embarked on their famine era journey to the United States, their descendent Jack Bodkin returned to Briarhill, driven by the desire to find the ancestral family home. In this article, Bodkin recounts the experience, his connection to the area and how his family's story inspired his novel, 'Briarhill to Brooklyn'.

Acclaimed American singer-songwriter, Steve Earle, who composed the world famous ‘The Galway Girl’, will perform at the Seapoint ballroom, Salthill on Tuesday, June 13 as part of the Galway Folk Festival 2023. Known for his soulful storytelling, the multi Grammy award-winning Earle has been captivating audiences for over 30 years, and is set to headline this years’ festival, taking place from June 13-18.

Starting in September, Galway Arts Centre is offering aspiring poets a choice of three online poetry workshops, all facilitated by poet Kevin Higgins, whose best-selling first collection, The Boy With No Face, published by Salmon Poetry, was short-listed for the 2006 Strong Award for Best First Collection by an Irish poet.

JAVIER PENA and Steve Murphy, the US Drug Enforcement Agency agents who captured the notorious drug lord, Pablo Escobar, and the Cali Cartel, and the inspiration behind the hit Nexflix series, Narcos, are coming to Galway.

THE TOWN Hall Theatre bar is currently hosting a fine photography exhibition by Irish artist Tony Carragher which is well worth making the effort to catch before it finishes on August 10.

GALWAY-MAYO folk, trad, and roots band We Banjo 3 perform for the president of the USA, Barack Obama, in Washington DC tomorrow. The audience will also include vice-president Joe Biden, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Paul Ryan.

LEONARD BERNSTEIN'S 'Chichester Psalms' will be performed by the West Liberty University Singers from West Virginia, in the Galway Cathedral on Sunday March 6 at 8pm.