Exploring Mayo talk to be held in Harbour Hotel
Thu, Dec 07, 2017
Galway is home to a large number of Mayo people and people with Mayo connections, many of whom will be interested in the upcoming 'Exploring Mayo' talk by Bernard O'Hara.
Read more ...Music business course in Galway
Thu, Nov 30, 2017
THOSE INTERESTED in developing a career in the music industry should check out the new music business course coming to Galway in the New Year.
Read more ...Lighting up Galways Westend!!
Tue, Nov 28, 2017
City neighbourhood turns on Christmas lights this Friday!
Read more ...Public lecture on Che Guevara next week
Thu, Nov 23, 2017
Fifty years on from his execution by Bolivian Special Forces and the CIA, Che Guevara remains an icon, and inspiration, and a contested and controversial figure, and he will be the subject of a public talk in Galway.
Read more ...Galway Arts Centre Christmas party
Thu, Nov 23, 2017
THE GALWAY Arts Centre will launch the festive season with a Christmas party on Thursday December 7, running from 8pm to midnight.
Read more ...Long dead English king to finally make royal visit to Galway
Wed, Nov 15, 2017
He died at the Battle of Bosworth Field in August 1485 and his mortal remains were found under a carpark in Leicester in 2012. In between, he became one of the most demonised of all English monarchs - but this month, he visits Galway.
Read more ...Online archives of what you could and could not do at a pier
Mon, Nov 13, 2017
'ALL HOOKERS carrying turf to pay a licence fee of 3c. per year or for any part of a year. Strange boats entering the harbor for shelter, or wind-bound, to pay sixpence for any period not exceeding 30 days’.
Read more ...Mountbellew to host conference on The Fenians and Manchester Martyrs
Thu, Nov 09, 2017
In September 1867, 50 Fenians attacked a prison van at Hyde Road, Manchester, intent on releasing their comrades Thomas Joseph Kelly, a Galwegian, and Timothy Deasy. An unarmed police sergeant, Charles Brett was shot dead and 26 men were tried for partaking in the attack.
Read more ...Galway to mark Polish Independence Day this weekend
Thu, Nov 09, 2017
Galway will mark National Polish Independence day with a series of events on Saturday and Sunday, including a celebration of the life and work of Joseph Conrad, a Polish national regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language.
Read more ...Pub Pint Race Review in aid of Western Alzheimers - Sunday 29th October, Galway Races
Thu, Nov 09, 2017
Race 1 : Pub Pint Race in aid of Western Alzheimers.
Read more ...Family entertainment guaranteed at gaming convention this weekend
Mon, Nov 06, 2017
Galway City is gearing up for the arrival of GamerFest 17 this weekend, expected to be the biggest gaming convention ever held in the west of Ireland. Taking place in the Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa, the event promises to be an awe-inspiring celebration of video games and entertainment for visitors of all ages and levels.
Read more ...Family history research and genealogy event at Galway City Museum
Thu, Nov 02, 2017
The Western Family History Association will be in the Galway City Museum this Saturday to provide free family history and genealogy advice for members of the public starting or struggling with their research.
Read more ...Colin Stafford-Johnson's wild side of life
Thu, Oct 26, 2017
COLIN STAFFORD-Johnson, Ireland's foremost nature and wildlife cinematographer and presenter, who some regard as 'the Irish David Attenborough', is coming to Galway to talk wildlife and adventure at the Town Hall Theatre.
Read more ...Schoil Chroí Iosa wins Baboró Above and Beyond Award
Thu, Oct 26, 2017
The Presentation Primary School, Scoil Chroí Íosa on Newcastle Road, has won Baboró’s ‘Above & Beyond' award, in recognition of the "outstanding work" the school does in using the creative arts in the everyday teaching of the curriculum.
Read more ...FREE Trick & Treat Trail of Galway City!
Fri, Oct 20, 2017
Get your best Halloween costumes on & come along to the Trick & Treat Trail of Galway City in association with Visit Galway City, The Heart of Galway Business Association & with very special thanks to The Eyre Square Shopping Centre. A unique FREE Family experience where your little ones will unearth spooky surprises & gather ghoulish goodies as they soak up the Halloween festivities in the city centre.
Read more ...Celebrate Diwali with Galway's Indian community
Thu, Oct 19, 2017
Diwali: Festival of Lights, one of the main festivals of Hinduism which celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil, hope over despair, will be celebrated in Galway at the Connacht Hotel on Monday October 30 at 5pm.
Read more ...Join JSB for Run in the Dark Galway 2017!
Tue, Oct 17, 2017
Global Run in the Dark funds Mark Pollock Trust’s mission to fast-track a cure for paralysis.
Read more ...Liam O'Flaherty's WWI records to go on display in Galway
Thu, Oct 12, 2017
IN SEPTEMBER 1917, while fighting in Flanders during World War I, Liam O’Flaherty was seriously injured, suffering shell-shock, the trauma of which remained with him all his life.
Read more ...Graham Linehan is special guest at FÍS TV Summit
Thu, Oct 05, 2017
GRAHAM LINEHAN, the co-creator of Father Ted and Black Books, and the creator of The IT Crowd, will give a public interview at the FÍS TV Summit in Galway next week.
Read more ...Forty thousand expected to watch Macnas Halloween Parade
Thu, Sep 28, 2017
More than 40,000 people are expected to line Galway's city centre streets to see Port Na bPucaí - The Song of the Spirits, the 2017 Macnas Halloween Parade, which will wind it's way through the streets on Sunday October 29 at 5.30pm.
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