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Inishbofin Summer School will this year run from July 1-5 when participants will explore the Magical Island of the White Cow with a team of great educators.

A unique event was held recently in Arus Bothar na Trá, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of a Salthill- based team winning the Galway County minor football championship. Never before had the group got together in the last 60 years.

For its 13th outing, Ballinasloe-based artist collective Group 8 will host the opening of its annual exhibition, DERELICT, in the Town Band Hall, on Culture Night, Friday, September 22, at 7.30pm.

The Connaught Street and Environs Traders and Residents Group will mark the rich history and heritage of the Connaught Street and O'Connell Street areas through a captivating array of events during Heritage Week, scheduled to take place from August 12-20.

An event organised by The Tuam Mother and Baby Home Alliance that will see survivors/former residents of the home and other institutions discuss their experiences and share collaborative artwork, at a meeting in the Menlo Park Hotel on Thursday, June 8 from 10:45 am to 4:30 pm.

Excavations to recover and identify the remains of children at the site of the former Mother and Baby Home in Tuam could continue until early 2025 after they commence at the end of this year.

This ancient site on the southern end of what we now know as Eyre Square was occupied by a Knights Templars convent in the 13th century. By the 17th century Robert Martin had a large house on the site, but this was taken from him by the Cromwellians and given to Edward Eyre. The Eyre family held on to the property and on May 12, 1712, Edward Eyre, son of the above, presented the land in front of his house to the corporation as a place of recreation for the people of Galway. In 1827, a man named Atkinson built houses at this end of the Square and by 1845, the site was occupied by a block of tenements owned by Fr Peter Daly.

Renewed calls have been made for a memorial bench for War of Independence IRA leader, Michael Moran, to be erected on the grounds of NUI Galway.

To celebrate their 100th anniversary, Ballinrobe Racecourse has this week published A History in the Making – a beautiful collection of memoirs, photographs, historical facts and behind the scenes snippets from the Mayo racecourse.

Heritage Week has concluded with Westmeath once again out performing other counties in terms of the variety and quality of activities.