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In midsummer 1910 the artists Paul Henry and his wife Grace crossed the bridge into Achill Island, on the west coast of Co Mayo. They were both competent artists, but for Henry Achill was to be his great inspiration, leading to a style and an interpretation of the west of Ireland landscape that was to make him famous, and his work instantly recognisable.

William Evans was a distinguished painter in the 19th century who did a very unusual and adventurous thing for an English artist at the time — he travelled widely in Connemara and west Mayo. We can only speculate what attracted him to this wild, rugged, and remote terrain but he liked the parts of the country least visited, and said that, “Ireland failed to attract the pencils of the recording brethren of the easel and lay like a virgin soil untouched by the plough.” He produced many studies and finished watercolours, a mixture of landscapes, streetscapes, and market scenes, and what might be called peasant structures and peasant portraits.

JOE ROONEY, a legend of Irish comedy, best known for roles in Father Ted and Killinaskully, and Tom O'Mahony, who has appeared on Damo & Ivor and Bridget & Eamon, will deliver comedy in Salthill tomorrow night.

FROM SEPTEMBER, young people and children in County Galway will have access to two new Music Hubs – one in Ballinasloe, the other in Clifden.

THE MULTI-award winning writer, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, will read from her new work, A Ghost in the Throat, in a special online event, taking place later this month.

THE GALWAY Fringe Festival will come in two forms this year - a physical form featuring art exhibitions throughout this month, and a virtual form with online shows in September.

Rev Lynda Peilow

Ireland’s fastest growing kombucha company All About Kombucha are going on the road this summer touring the Wild Atlantic Way. The team behind the Galway based fresh fermented sparkling tea will be visiting various West coast beach towns this August, with a purpose; to clean the beautiful beaches of Ireland's West coast and share their delicious teas with people along the way. The sparkling tea is made with wholesome organic ingredients and live culture and has gained huge popularity with health-conscious customers due to its gut health benefits.

ISPCC Childline has welcomed the announcement of plans for children’s return to school later this month in Mayo and across the country and outlined details of support for parents, carers, children and young people preparing for the transition back to the classroom.

Aldi Ireland today announced that customers in Mayo will be among the first in Ireland to take part in trialling new reusable fruit and vegetable bags made from 100% recycled plastic bottles.