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When Thomas H Mason stepped onto the pier at Kilronan, Inishmór, in the summer of 1932, he described his feelings of surprise and sense of confusion. Writing in his masterly The Islands of Ireland * he realised that he was plunged into an Ireland he did not recognise. As an Irishman coming from the east coast, and geographically still in Ireland - he believed that he could have been 1,000 miles from Dublin.

When Thomas H Mason stepped onto the pier at Kilronan, Inishmór, in the summer of 1932, he described his feelings of surprise and sense of confusion. Writing in his masterly The Islands of Ireland * he realised that he was plunged into an Ireland he did not recognise. As an Irishman coming from the east coast, and geographically still in Ireland - he believed that he could have been 1,000 miles from Dublin.

An exhibition celebrating the generations of families, faces and memories connected to Enniscoe House and Estate will be officially opened on Saturday, August 10 at 3pm by Professor Terence Dooley. Admission to the exhibition is free and open to all and it will run until Sunday, September 15.

The National Museum of Ireland - Country Life, Turlough Park, Castlebar, will be taking part once again in National Heritage Week, running from August 17 to 25.

GALWAY COMMUNITY Pride is launching its 30th year this Monday [August 12] with its annual community awards night, which takes place in the Roisín Dubh at 8pm that same day.

Irish Wheelchair Association’s Athlone art group members recently launched an art exhibition at Fernhill Garden Centre in Athlone, with the help of Mayor of Athlone, Frankie Keena.

FACETS, AN exhibition featuring work by Athenry based artists Mary Ryan, Vincent Godfrey-Glynn and Patricia Fahy, and the writer Trish Bourke, is running at The Portershed.

AN EXHIBITION of paintings, depicting life in Kinvara and south Galway in the 1930s, by Michael Killeen, the grandfather of the acclaimed singer-songwriter Declan O’Rourke, opens tomorrow [Friday August 2].

Siamsa Seipeil, now in its eighth year, is delighted to welcome Phil Coulter, composer, producer and performer to Swinford. “Phil is the best-selling artist of his generation. He has written at least four titles that can be added to the ‘Irish songbook’ – the anthems ‘The Town I Loved So Well’ and ‘Ireland’s Call’ and the haunting ‘Scorn not his Simplicity’ and ‘Steal Away’. This is a unique opportunity to see a world-class artist in the unique and intimate venue that is Swinford Church.” Tickets are available now – and will sell quickly. Buy now, to avoid disappointment, online at www.swinfordgaa.ie and in the real world in O’Connell’s Pharmacy, The Gateway Hotel & Mellett’s newsagents. Or call Mick at 0876837564

LAST SATURDAY was the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing and the day also saw more than 1,000 visitors to Galway Arts Centre’s fascinating exhibition, Making Space, comprising collaborative work from paired scientists and artists.