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The Army Band of 2nd Brigade, based in Athlone, will once again provide the main musical support for the 31st Annual Gala Samaritan Christmas Concert to take place within the surrounds of the Franciscan Friary on Wednesday, December 6, at 8pm.

JIM JEFFERIES defies easy categorisation, and can effortlessly upend any attempt to safely define him - save this: he is arguably the funniest human on the face of the earth right now.

Four contributions with strong Westmeath connections are part of a compelling new GAA book written by those at the heart of the sport.

WHEN GIANLUCA Margheri steps onto the stage of the Town Hall Theatre to perform the title role in Vivaldi’s opera Bajazet, it will be a double debut for the acclaimed opera singer.

JCI Mayo TOYP winners, Padraic Rocliffe, Laura Beston and Aaron Hannon, received further recognition last weekend when they were announced as three of JCI Ireland’s Top Outstanding Young People.

In the 1920s a family named Healy from College Road built three houses on Forster Street. The owner of the first house (next door to Harry Clare’s stonemason’s yard) was a Jewish man named Isaac. He did piano repairs and his daughter was an opera singer. He worked from a shed at the back of the house. In the 1930s he sold the house to John McDonagh from Glann near Oughterard, who was married to Mary Anne Spellman from Fermoyle. They opened a grocery shop and a lending library.

HANDEL'S MESSIAH is as much a Christmas staple as Santa Claus and sleigh bells and, on Saturday December 8, Music For Galway presents this festive masterpiece at Galway Cathedral, performed by the Irish Baroque Orchestra.

WHEN GEORGE Frideric Handel was writing and casting his play Radamisto in 1720, he intended the title role to be performed by Francesco Bernardi, the singer better known as Senesino. However, when Senesino became unavailable, Handel gave that male role to Margherita Durastanti instead.

This Sunday April 10 DADS Dunmore will perform Tom Murphy’s The Gigli Concert in An Taibhdhearc. DADS are in the middle of a run on the amateur drama circuit and have met with considerable success, winning numerous acting, production, and directorial awards and most notably winning Best Overall Play (Open and Confined) in the Western Drama Festival in Tubbercurry.

CLASSICAL MUSIC goes clubbing next month when opera singer Salome Kammer, the Vogler Quartet, and DJ Cyril Briscoe join forces for a show at the Electric Garden & Theatre on Friday April 8 at 8pm.