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IRISH TRAD and a bit of jazz will be heard in Monroe’s Live at the shows the venue is hosting as part of the Galway International Arts Festival.

A RHYTHM, dance, and fire, and spectacular to celebrate midsummer, takes place this Saturday, in Brigit’s Garden, Rosscahill, from 7.30pm to 11.30pm.

Shrule native Maria Walsh has been selected as one of the 23 Roses who will compete in this year’s Rose of Tralee festival in front of a television audience of more than one million people and 2,000 spectators in the famed Festival Dome.

As the end of the school year beckons it is time to think about planning your child’s summer holidays. Fortunately, Conradh na Gaeilge has just the answer for you. Its renowned summer camps commence in July in areas including Castlegar, Lackagh, Corofin, Menlough, and Oughterard.

“Moate is almost purpose built for a fleadh,” stated Padraic Keena, cathaoirleach of Westmeath County Board Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann at the recent launch of the Leinster Fleadh Cheoil.

Conradh na Gaeilge will shortly begin its three-week intensive Irish language course for adults, and whether you are a novice or have the cúpla focal, there is a level to suit you.

THE CELTS and the Romans were never bosom buddies. The Celts sacked Rome in 390 AD and Caesar conquered Gaul in the Fifties BC.

The Atrium in the County Buildings on Mount Street in Mullingar is the place to catch an exhibition of paintings by Patsy Preston, artistic director of the iconic Festival of the Fires.

Excitement is building in the county town as it prepares to welcome thousands of musicians and fans of Irish music and dance for Castlebar’s inaugural hosting of the Connacht Fleadh, which kicks off on June 30.