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Galwegians invited to have their say on new county community plan

Galwegians are invited to attend a one day conference next week to discuss a six year economic and community plan for County Galway.

Rooftop auction for WB Yeats tower this Sunday

A 40 per cent cut in funding for the arts has meant that a local committee in Galway is having to go it alone to restore WB Yeats’ former home of Thoor Ballylee. The Yeats Thoor Ballylee Development committee will hold a fundraising evening at the tower this Sunday, May 31.

Advanced fiction writing classes

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ADVANCED FICTION writing classes with Susan Millar DuMars start on Friday June 19, running for six weeks, but advance booking is required as there are only five places available.

Wolf Meets World stage The McGowan Trilogy

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GALWAY THEATRE company Wolf Meets World are in An Taibhdhearc next week with the Irish premiere of Seamus Scanlon’s The McGowan Trilogy, a trio of one-act plays which have already enjoyed a successful run in New York, winning awards for Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Design at the city’s annual Irish Theatre Festival.

My Fair Ladies at Roscommon Arts Centre

Celebrating his 80th year in 2015, one of Ireland’s most renowned actors and performers, Des Keogh, gets to fulfil a lifelong ambition to play legendary Irish man of letters George Bernard Shaw when he takes to the stage at the Roscommon Arts Centre on Saturday May 23. 

Fiction writing classes

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POET AND short story writer Susan Millar DuMars will teach classes in advanced fiction writing, starting June 17 and running for six weeks every Wednesday from 7pm to 9.30pm.

Poet leaves Enniscorthy to drive around America

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EAMONN WALL has, over the past two decades, written a body of work that has made him one of Ireland’s leading diaspora poets, though he is nothing like as famous as he should be.

Book review: Claire-Louise Bennett's Pond

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"THERE WERE lines across the pages but they were imperceptible because of how dark it had become and once a word was written it was irretrievable, as if abducted. I went on, sinking words into the pages, perhaps wondering what or who was taking them in. And, then, for the first time that day, just as it was ending, I knew where I was – I was beneath the ground. I was far beneath the ground at last, and my blood thronged and my heart flounced back and forth bewitchingly. The pen came to settle in the seam of my notebook. Sooner or later, I thought, you’re going to have to speak up.”

Bealtaine arts festival to celebrate creative ageing

A series of events is taking place in Mayo throughout May to celebrate creativity and ageing for Bealtaine 2015.

At Home With Yeats in Thoor Ballylee

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GALWAY POETS and musicians will gather in Thoor Ballylee in south Galway, the one-time home of WB Yeats, for an evening of poetry, song, and story when The Yeats Thoor Ballylee Society presents At Home With Yeats, on Poetry Ireland Day this eveing at 8pm

 

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