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Celebrated actor, writer, and lecturer, Diarmuid de Faoite has been announced as the Mayo County Council Writer in Residence for 2014.

JIMMY MCGOVERN, the screenwriter for Cracker, Hillsborough, and The Lakes, is coming to Galway to take part in a public interview about his life and work.

THIS WEEKEND sees the big-screen release of Sonny and Skye production’s romantic comedy, Songs For Amy, much of which was filmed in and around Galway city and county.

Seamus Heaney was not quite sure whether, as an adult, he ‘invented backwards’ some of his earliest fascination with words, but he didn’t think so. Because he could still picture the small boy absorbed by the old wireless in his farmhouse home, between Castledawson and Toomebridge, in Northern Ireland.* He would touch and pronounce some of the names on its dial, such as Hilversum, Stuttgart and Leipzig.

A local singer has been honoured with one of Mullingar Town Council’s last-ever addresses of recognition. A civic function was held on Monday April 7 to honour classical singer Cian Brennan Gavin for his contribution to the arts and his many accomplishments to date.

The biggest and the best in European Wrestling returns to Galway City with the finest family friendly wrestling action in Europe on Saturday, April 19 at The Black Box at 7.30pm.

“THE MUSIC world is Mojo GoGo’s for the taking. Their live show has already become the stuff of legend,” said Hot Press.

Cillian Murphy and Stephen Rae, two of Ireland’s most famous actors will star in Ballyturk, a new play by Enda Walsh, which will have its world premiere at this summer’s Galway Arts Festival.

“YOU’RE A constant source of amazement, boy, a never ending tale of infamy. I’d hardly credit it. A kid of your age. Joy-riding in an expensive car, a woman pregnant. My word, you’re unforgivable.”

THEY HAVE been praised for “gorgeous vocals...[and]...harmonies complementing each other beautifully” by For Folk’s Sake, while the BBC called them “upbeat and kinda a lot of fun”.