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Drum Community Centre invites you to join them for a ‘cupán tae’ to celebrate Seachtain na Gaeilge.

An investigation has been launched into the drowning of two fishermen off the north Connemara coast this week.

“No man at all can be living forever and we must be satisfied.”

TAKE A voyage from Ireland to Cyprus, through waters alive with mermaids, sirens, sailors, and romance, as part of the 14th Galway Early Music Festival from Friday May 15 to Sunday 17.

Mayo County Council Arts Office is working with more than 20 active retirement associations throughout Mayo during Bealtaine 2009. Workshops with professional facilitators will take place in numerous art forms including dance, drama, creative writing, music and memory, samba and percussion, storytelling, and visual art.

Bealtaine Festival is Ireland’s national arts festival celebrating creativity in older age. This year over 55,000 people all over the country will take part in music, art, dance, writing, photography, theatre, and cinema events. As part of the nationwide festival Roscommon Arts Centre has organised events for active age and retirement groups from May 5 to 29.

Fires glowed on more than a dozen hilltops across the Midlands as Westmeath launched its newest festival on the legendary Hill of Uisneach to celebrate May 1 Bealtaine.

With Castlebar confirmed as this year’s host venue, festival preparations are well under way for the World Fleadh International Irish and Celtic Music Festival with many top international names in the line-up. After the outstanding success of the 2008 festival in Portlaoise, the World Fleadh returns with a fantastic selection of Irish traditional, Celtic, folk, and country music acts from around the globe.

Students and teachers from Scoil Barr na Trá, Ballina had their very own red-carpet moment with President Mary McAleese in Croke Park as they were honoured by Foras na Gaeilge for showing the way in promoting spoken Irish in their schools and communities under the GLEO 2009 awards.

Garraí Eoinín is an impressive new development of just eight detached homes on an elevated site just off the main Galway to Carraroe road at Inverin. The development boasts an unrivalled location close to shop, church, and school, and minutes’ drive from Spiddal village.