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THE WILD, weird, mind altering Irish trad and world music band Kíla make a welcome return to Galway to play Kelly’s, Bridge Street, on Friday November 13.

WHEN JAZZ trio Way Out Of Town Trio start playing music they merge jazz, lounge, ambient, and hip hop to a point where free turns funky, and then funky gets swinging.

This photograph was taken from the first floor of The Galway Arms at 2.25pm on a summer day in 1910 when these people were processing over O’Brien’s Bridge to the site of Saint Mary’s College for the laying of the foundation stone for that school. The large crowd is being led by a group of priests all wearing birettas, followed by several RIC men. There is an interesting mix of styles on view with some women wearing patterned Galway shawls while others are sporting large fashionable hats. Virtually all of the men are wearing headgear, be they hard hats or soft caps. Notice the tramtracks.

In the summer of 1940, following the fall of France to the Germans, thousands of young men enlisted in the Irish Army to defend their land against aggression, training at the Curragh and then being deployed to military barracks around the country.

NICK DRAKE, one of the greatest and most romantic figures in British folk music, died 35 years ago this year, and to mark the occasion, his life and music will be celebrated in Galway.

THE LATE John Martyn, the man behind such classic albums as Solid Air and One World, was a fan of Ultan Conlon, so much so that he took time out too record with the Loughrea singer-songwriter.

THREE SUPERB folk-rock singer-songwriters - Barna’s Adrian Crowley and Scots James Yorkston and Alasdair Roberts - play Kelly’s, Bridge Street, on Friday December 4 at 9pm.

TOM MIDDLETON, the pioneering producer and DJ, renowned worldwide for his visionary projects as Global Communication, Jedi knights, Cosmos, and Amba is coming to Galway.

IF YOU have an old musical instrument that is never used and just taking up space, why not donate it to the Instruments for Africa appeal where it will be transported to Zambia and into appreciative hands.

Members of two families who were involved in a ruckus in the lobby and steps of Castlebar Courthouse were back in court on Wednesday where four men faced section six public order charges.