New book on Galway's role in 1916

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

COUNTY GALWAY played a significant roles in the 1916 Rising, seeing the most action outside of Dublin, and now those heroic, turbulent, violent, times are examined in a new publication.

Curtain opens tonight on feast of drama in Claregalway

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

It’s that time of year again when Claregalway Leisure Centre is transformed into a theatre for the 32nd Annual Claregalway Festival of Drama. This year the festival runs from tonight Thursday March 10th to Friday March 18 inclusive.

Pender Street Steppers to DJ @ Electric

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

THE PENDER Street Steppers, a duo of DJs whose music ranges from pop-rock to jazz-funk, ambient to house, tight electro to smooth soul, will kickstart the new Shivers clubnight at Electric.

Grandpa was a sniper in 1916

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

IN APRIL 1916 Ballaghaderreen-born Frank Shouldice lined out for the Dublin football team in the final of the GAA's Croke Cup. Two weeks later he was fighting for Ireland's freedom.

An exhibition of quirky 'world maps'

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

A QUIRKY, idyosyncratic, and witty series of maps by the award winning illustrator Terri Kelleher, is currently being exhibited at the Renzo Gallery Café, Eyre Street.

Happy days for children

Literature Reviews Thu, Mar 10, 2016

"CHILDREN'S GREATEST enemies are adults," Roald Dahl stated at one point during his visit to Galway for a children’s festival in the late 1980s. “All they ever hear from them is 'Don’t do this, you can’t do that, be quiet, go to bed, do this, do that, do the other'. This was towards the end of the 'children should be seen and not heard' era.

Until April - new single and Seven show

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

UNTIL APRIL, the Dublin/Galway indie-electro trio, launch their debut single ‘Wanna be Yours’, when they play The Loft at Seven, Bridge Street, tomorrow at 9pm.

2016 Galway Theatre Festival launched next week

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

THE 2016 Galway Theatre Festival programme will be launched on Monday March 14 at 6pm in Biteclub, Upper Abbeygate Street. As well details of plays at the festival, there will also be DJs and dancing.

Trad gig for teens @ Fóroige Youth Cafe

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

TRAD MUSICIANS Kelly and Colm Gannon, Pádraic Dubhghaill, and Cliodhna Flannery, headline the next Show Up and Show Off gig for teenagers at the Fóroige Youth Cafe, The Fairgreen, this Saturday.

Headford's Tav Jam Band @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

THE TAV Jam Band, a collective featuring the talents of Tuam singer-songwriter Noelie McDonnell, will play Monroe's Live tomorrow at 11pm.

Legacy - live trad in The Cellar

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

IRISH TRAD band Legacy have "deep insight into the social and musical tastes of Ireland's ballad lovers" and their choice of material is “both thoughtful and entertaining”.

Clarity and Raindance @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

CLARITY and Raindance will play Monroe's Live next weekend while Puzzle, Oddity, JERK, and The Lakers will play shows at weekends in April.

Sea Pinks - Belfast indie-rock trio for Róisín Dubh

Wed, Mar 09, 2016

THE INTERPRETATION of music, and how it impacts on people is highly subjective. Belfast's Sea Pinks are a case in point. Clashmusic.com calls them "akin to The Go-Betweens if they were born in a slightly colder climate".

Songs and Chopin for lunch

Wed, Mar 09, 2016

THE SOPRANO Rachel Croash and pianist Nadene Fiorentini will perform songs by Dvorak, Poulenc, and a solo piece for piano by Chopin, at a lunchtime concert in the Hotel Mayrick on Thursday March 10 at 1pm.

The Driftwood Manor release new single

Tue, Mar 08, 2016

THE DRIFTWOOD Manor, the Galway-Westmeath folk ensemble centred around the brilliant songwriter Eddie Keenan, have just released their new single 'Fraction Of A Wolf', and next month, they will headline the Citóg night at the Róisín Dubh.

Record breaking win as DruidShakespeare scoops five Irish Times Theatre Awards

Mon, Mar 07, 2016

DRUID THEATRE Company's epic DruidShakespeare production has won a record five awards, including the Best Production award, at the prestigious Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards, which took place in Dublin last night.

Watch a film to mark International Women's Day

Mon, Mar 07, 2016

TOMORROW IS International Women's Day, and in advance of the date, Amnesty Galway will screen Marzia, My Friend, winner of the Human Rights award at the 2016 Galway Film Fleadh, this evening.

'I got stuck in Achill in a good way'

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

THE TOWN Hall bar might be an unlikely venue for viewing fine art but under Margaret Nolan’s canny stewardship it has hosted a succession of superb shows. Next week sees the opening of the venue’s latest exhibition, a series of Achill landscapes by ex-computer boffin, ex-accountancy student, ex-clothing retailer, and ex-rock musician, Padraig McCaul, a Dubliner who has made his home on the Mayo island.

Friday in the Róisín Dubh - the funniest night of the week

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

DEIRDRE O'KANE, Ross Browne from RTE’s The Fear, and Apres Match’s Barry Murphy are just some of the comedians coming to the Roisin Dubh on Fridays, officially making it Galway's funniest day of the week.

French political comedy for Town Hall

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

IN THE aftermath of our election, comes a chance to see politics in another country, albeit one of a comedic kind when the award winning film Quai d'Orsay, will be screened by the Galway Film Society.

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