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The Claddagh Shaughrauns
Druid Theatre Company is reviving Dion Boucicault’s classic play, The Shaughraun, for this year’s Arts Festival. Its first Galway performance, in December 1876, followed sold-out runs on Broadway and in London’s West End. Though set in rural Sligo, The Shaughraun became associated with Galway, and specifically with Claddagh.
Hundreds celebrate Culture Night at the Marine Institute
The Marine Institute welcomed more than 600 visitors to its headquarters in Oranmore last Friday for ‘A Night to Sea’, an evening of marine-themed cultural experiences a part of the Culture Night 2025, bringing together artists, performers, and local community groups to celebrate our connection to sea.
Mountbellew-Moylough participates in international commuter research project
Almost 80 people from Mountbellew and Moylough have taken part in an international survey designed to study commuter living during and after Covid-19.
Ardrahan student’s talent shines through in Texaco Children’s Art Competition
An Ardrahan student has been named as category winner in the 70th Texaco Children’s Art Competition.
New book on how Galway became a county
Although medieval Galway eventually became an almost independent Anglo-Norman city state, up until 1500 there was always a threat that the warlords of Connemara, north Galway, Roscommon and south Mayo might attack.
Claregalway hosts Decade of Commemorations closing event
The recording and publishing of previously unheard and unwritten stories of Galway’s central role in the voluntary period from 1913 to 1923 is being described as a legacy project of the County’s Decade of Commemoration programme, which draws to a close this week.
Gaeltacht Diaspora podcast series launched by Ionad Diaspóra na Gaeltachta
Just who are the ‘Gaeltacht Diaspora? This is the question being discussed in a new series of podcasts created by Ionad Diaspora na Gaeltachta in conjunction with MeasMedia and Údarás na Gaeltachta. The podcasts will be broadcast on Spotify, Google Play and Youtube channels in the coming months.
Brian Arkins - new poetry collection
BRIAN ARKINS, professor emeritus of Classics at NUI, Galway, will launch his new collection of poems, Towards a Credo, tomorrow evening, Friday March 25.
‘There is a gentle and subtle power to her voice’
SHE WAS called the “Queen of Irish Song” by Séamus Ennis; she was recorded by Alan Lomax and is admired by Christy Moore; and her versions of Gaelic song have been covered by Clannad and Iarla Ó Lionáird.
