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Údarás na Gaeltachta has welcomed the announcement that an additional €1 million in capital will be made available to Údarás’ budget in 2015.

BOB QUINN, the Connemara based film-maker, will be celebrated through song, music, and film at a special event in An Taibhdhearc tomorrow [Friday November 28] at 8pm.

The most famous Irish High King, and one of the most significant battles in Irish history will be examined at the next meeting of the Renmore History Society.

Ballina is getting ready to host the biggest fright fest in the west with the Samhain Abhainn seven-day celebration of all things Halloween kicking off on Saturday.

The Aisling Ghéar Theatre Company brings its production Makaronik , written by by Dave Duggan, to An Taibhdhearc on November 1 for one night only.

Frightening the living daylights out of everyone who visits Ballina, Samhain Abhainn 2014, the biggest fright fest in the west, will take place from October 25 to November 1.

On January 30, 1984 it is said that the whole of Dublin grieved the early death of Dubliner legend Luke Kelly, whose music is widely regarded as one of Ireland’s cultural treasures.

There is a treat in store for fans of traditional music this October when 13 of the country's best musicians, singers, and dancers come to Castlebar as part of the annual Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann tour.

The Hill of Uisneach in Loughnavalley is already deemed to be the mythological and sacred centre of Ireland, and now it’s in the running to become a United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) world heritage site.

It has been 20 years since Riverdance burst onto the stage as the interval act at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994, prompting the whole world to sit up and take notice (and fall in love with) the power and beauty of Irish music and dance.