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One of Ireland's foremost songwriters, Jimmy MacCarthy, will perform in the Royal Theatre, Castlebar, next month.

JIMMY MCCARTHY, the man who has penned some of the most memorable songs in the Irish contemporary folk canon, is coming to the Town Hall Theatre.

Ireland’s longest running arts festival, the Clifden Community Arts Festival, begins today, and this year’s programme boasts a line up that includes Mary Coughlan, Mairtín O’Connor, Sharon Shannon, and novelist Dermot Bolger.

The Guinness Choir will form part of an impressive line-up of national and international artistic talent for this year’s 36th Clifden Arts Festival. Performing Handel’s Messiah, the Guinness Choir will delight the audience on Saturday, September 21 in St Joseph’s Church, Clifden from 8.15pm. Accompanying the Guinness Choir for their debut Clifden Arts Festival performance will be some of Ireland’s and the world’s leading soloists including Cara O’Sullivan (soprano), Tanya Sewell (alto), Christopher Bowen (tenor) and John Milne (bass).

Renowned Irish musician, composer, producer and arranger Bill Whelan officially launched the programme of events for the 36th Clifden Community Arts Festival on Monday August 19 at the Clifden Station House Theatre.

The principal of the primary school in Sonna declared himself “still on cloud nine” after it was revealed this week that he was getting “a completely brand new school”.

A VISUAL artist with an original and arresting style, a songwriter with a deep love of Irish folk and trad, County Tyrone’s Jim McKee is truly a renaissance man.

THE GREAT jazz-blues singer Mary Coughlan, will be among the performers taking part in the Inishbofin Concerts series which takes place in the island’s Dolphin Hotel on Tuesdays.

The Young Folk are among Ireland’s rising folk musicians. Formed just this year by Anthony Furey, the band, consisting of Furey, Paul Butler, Karl Hand, Tony McLoughlin, and Karen Hickey, have already played on the festival circuit and appeared on Today with Pat Kenny.

IRELAND’S LEADING jazz and blues singer Mary Coughlan will release The Whole Affair: The Very Best of Mary Coughlan on Hail Mary Records tomorrow.