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A fundraising céilí mór will take place in the Park Hotel, Kiltimagh, on March 17 with the Swallows Tail céilí band.

A bid to boost the local ecomony by over €30,000 next year is to be put to a meeting of interested people next week.

After wowing fans since reforming, Frankie Gavin and De Dannan are coming to Campbell’s Tavern, Cloughanover, for what promises to be a super show on Tuesday December 28. For many years traditional super group De Dannan were the forerunners in the Irish traditional music world, but after 33 years, 14 albums, and a number of changes in the line up, the group disbanded in 2003. In 2009 original founding member and world famous fiddle player Frankie Gavin unleashed a new De Dannan which features local man Eric Cunningham on percussion, flutes, and whistles. Tickets for the show cost €18 and doors are at 9.30pm in one of the most storied venues in the west.

The Tuam-based Linda Martyn School of Irish Dancing opened a little over two years ago. It is a relatively new school but has achieved a lot in such a short space of time, mostly due to the dedication of Linda Martyn herself.

PRINCESS LILLIFEE lives in a world that is so pink it’s called Pinkovia and she rules her principality with a kindly magic hand.

Open daily until October 31, the Haunted Westport House and Pirate Adventure Park will have a range of ghoulish attractions and rides to keep you screaming.

There are still a number of tickets left to the celebratory function to honour Mayo Comhaltas members who were prizewinners at the All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil.

While the ghouls will be having a howl of a time this weekend, Halloween can be very stressful and frightening time for pets.

A Halloween fancy dress party with a difference will take place at Bar Ritz (Mulroy’s Bar), Castlebar, on Saturday October 30 as Finbar Hoban Presents... Fright Night Movie Night.

Spraoi na Nollaig will once again take place in Westport this Christmas following its successful debut last year and in the process will add to the growing calendar of events in the town, it was announced at the town council’s October meeting.