Epic poem on Gibraltar killings re-published
Thu, Mar 07, 2013
AN EPIC poem, written by a man who spent many years living in Galway, about the killing of three IRA members in Gibraltar in 1988 has been published in a new edition.
Read more ...‘The tautness of a bow’
Thu, Feb 28, 2013
GIFTED GALWAY dance company Chrysalis grace the Black Box Theatre next week with its new production, Slings and Arrows, which will showcase its remarkable versatility and promises to be a visceral feast for the senses.
Read more ...Eclipsed and the world of the Magdalene Laundries
Thu, Feb 28, 2013
THE DIFFERING reactions to the Magdalene Laundries over the years have been mirrored in the responses to Patricia Burke Brogan’s Eclipsed, which will have a staged reading in Galway next week.
Read more ...Villagers to play Seapoint
Thu, Feb 28, 2013
WHEN VILLAGERS take to the stage of the Seapoint Ballroom in Salthill on Thursday March 14 at 8pm, it will be for one of the most anticipated gigs of the year.
Read more ...Josef Locke – ‘Three times the size of life’
Thu, Feb 28, 2013
THE COLOURFUL life and remarkable career of singer Josef Locke is celebrated in a new show, Blaze Away!, which comes to the Town Hall this Saturday at 8pm.
Read more ...Family concert of Javanese music
Thu, Feb 28, 2013
THE ENTRANCING sound of the Javanese gamelan will fill St Patrick’s Brass Band Hall this Sunday at the next Adventures In Music family concert.
Read more ...Alone It Stands @ Town Hall
Thu, Feb 28, 2013
THOSE DOWNCAST by Ireland’s injuries, defeats, and bad luck in the Six Nations, which sees us out of the running with more games still to play, take heart.
There will be a chance to experience one of the great days of Irish rugby when John Breen’s phenomenally popular play Alone It Stands comes to the Town Hall Theatre from Monday March 11 to Saturday 16 at 8pm.
Read more ...Children’s show at An Taibhdhearc
Thu, Feb 28, 2013
AN TAIBHDHEARC’S Saturday shows for families continues with Graffiti Theatre Company’s Walking Man/An Fear Siúil by Jody O’Neill at 11am and 1pm.
Read more ...New books from Futa Fata
Thu, Feb 28, 2013
THE ADVENTURES of a pirate girl, and a tiny tiger in search of his teddy, are two new books for children from An Spidéal based publishers Futa Fata.
Read more ...What Richard Did winners
Thu, Feb 28, 2013
THE WINNERS of the DVDs of What Richard Did are Tommie Commins, Ballybane; Claire Finn, Renmore; and Loretta Goff, Riverside.
Read more ...Underwater Picnic EP launch
Thu, Feb 28, 2013
GALWAY INDIE-rock quartet Underwater Picnic will launch their new EP Atlas tomorrow with a gig in The Cellar Bar.
Read more ...Poetry reading with Louis DePaor
Thu, Feb 28, 2013
LOUIS DEPAOR and Japanese tanka poet Hisa Kagawa will be reading in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop this Saturday at 6.30pm.
Read more ...Athenry Musical Society fashion show
Thu, Feb 28, 2013
ATHENRY MUSICAL Society will host a fashion show in aid of its upcoming musical, Sweet Charity, in May.
Read more ...The cream of indie for Strange Brew
Thu, Feb 28, 2013
THREE OF the most exciting Irish indie bands - one from Dublin, one from Tuam, the other from Donegal - play Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh on Thursday March 7.
Read more ...Toy Soldier @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Feb 28, 2013
IRISH ELECTRO-rock trio Toy Soldier combine a dancefloor groove with hard rocking riffs as audiences will hear when they play Monroe’s tomorrow.
Read more ...Fleetwood Mac tribute
Thu, Feb 28, 2013
IN THE late sixties they played expressive blues and paved the way for heavy metal. In the seventies and eighties they were globe gobbling pop superstars.
Read more ...Rugby loving folk-rock
Thu, Feb 28, 2013
HERMITAGE GREEN are not only rugby fans who play folk-rock but their vocalist Barry Murphy formerly played for Munster and Ireland.
Read more ...Nineties indie night @ HALO
Thu, Feb 28, 2013
THE NINETIES was when indie went from the underground to overground and spawned such genres as shoegaze, grunge, and Britpop.
Those who were lucky enough to live through that era or who want to get an idea of what it was like could check out Indie Rocks who play upstairs at HALO tomorrow night.
Read more ...Éigse an Spidéal 2013 festival
Thu, Feb 28, 2013
MARY BERGIN, Johnny Óg Connolly, and poet Nuala Ní Dhómhnaill are among those who will perform at next month’s Éigse an Spidéal festival.
A highlight will be the performance by Mary Bergin and Johnny Óg Connolly, of the newly-composed suite, written by Mary and Johnny and commissioned by An Gaelacadamh, entitled ‘Sruth’.
Read more ...Classical concert and album launch
Thu, Feb 28, 2013
A CONCERT featuring Lynda Lee, one of Ireland’s leading sopranos, and an album launch by clarinettist Paul Roe, both take place next week.
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