Film to explore poetry and our relationship to the land

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

IRISH FOLKLORE and poetry as Gaeilge, and what they reveal about our cultural DNA, our sense of place, self, and imagination, will be explored in a film to be screened during the Cúirt literary festival.

Album review: September Girls

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 21, 2016

IN THIS year of commemorating the 1916 Rising, one of the most welcome aspects has been the long overdue acknowledgement of the important role women played in the struggle for freedom.

The Young Folk - new album and Róisín Dubh show

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

THE YOUNG Folk have just released their new album, First Sign Of Morning, and they make a welcome return to the Róisín Dubh on Saturday May 7 at 9pm.

Public lecture to remember the women of 1916

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

Were the Irish women who fought for freedom in 1916 “airbrushed out of Irish history”, just as nurse Elizabeth O’Farrell was airbrushed out of the famous photograph of Patrick Pearse’s surrender on Moore Street?

Galway Patrician Musical Society new show

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

HOW THE West Wasn't Won, a new comedy musical by Peter Kennedy, parodying Calamity Jane, Annie Get Your Gun, and Oklahoma! is to be staged by the Galway Patrician Musical Society.

Lámh For Life photo exhibition

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

ALMOST 50 photographs, highlighting the use of Lámh, a sign system used by those with intellectual disability and communication needs in Ireland, is currently on display in the Eyre Square Shopping Centre.

Paddy Cullivan - exploring the dark secrets of 1916

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

HOW DID the lawyer who prosecuted the 1916 leaders end up in one of the highest positions in the Free State? Why were 280,000 women denied the vote in the Treaty Election of 1922? And why does Michael Collins' assassination remain shrouded in mystery?

Fred Cooke for Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

FRED COOKE describes himself as "honest, childlike and intrigued", but as stand-up comedy fans and anyone who watches Republic Of Telly knows, he should have added "very funny" to that list.

Americana from Josh Harty at Monroe's Live

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

JOSH HARTY has "a voice for troubled times" says The Alternate Root, who can "convey all the complexities of an emotion in a single phrase," according to No Depression.

An art exhibition to support MADRA

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

THE ARTIST Aine Doherty is currently exhibiting her latest paintings in the Renzo Café Gallery, Eyre Street, and 10 per cent of all sales will be donated to dog charity MADRA.

'What to keep and what to let go'

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

"MASTERLY AND moving. Full of the clarity of a mid-life woman letting go and looking forward, the work is crafted with precision and fully realised in its aim and form.”

Music, dance, and the Kilfenora Céilí Band

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

THE Kilfenora Céilí Band, one of the oldest céilí bands in the world, and former Riverdance leads Michael Donnellan, Michael Gardiner, and Laura Minogue, will join forces for a show at the Town Hall Theatre.

Trad music and visual art fusion @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

TRAD MUSIC will meet the visual arts when Beoga and Lightscape join forces for Before We Change Our Mind, a special, one off performance, which takes place in Monroe’s Live on Thursday May 5 at 8pm.

Silent Disco Street Party - it's back!

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

BEAT ON the street! Bop ‘till you drop! Sing ‘til you’re hoarse to the ripest musical fromage imaginable! It can only be the Silent Disco Street Party from 8pm on Friday April 29.

Hitmakers Hogan to play Monroe's

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

"HOGAN HAVE extraordinary talent and they will go far," so said Hotpress of the Irish pop-rock band who play Monroe’s Backstage Bar on Thursday April 28 at 10pm.

The Alkove @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

OLD-SCHOOL rock'n'roll band The Alkove, a five piece playing all original material, play Monroe’s Live on Saturday April 30 at 9pm.

Mitch presents Indie Disco @ Róisín Dubh

Wed, Apr 20, 2016

THREE OF Galway's leading DJs and rising indie rock/post punk band Bob Skeleton will hit the mainfloor of the Róisín Dubh this Saturday for the latest Mitch Presents: Indie Disco.

Mayor of the city to launch The Galway Review 4

Tue, Apr 19, 2016

Fianna Fáil Galway West TD Éamon O'Cuív is among those whose writings are featured in The Galway Review 4, the new anthology of prose, poetry, and essays.

Charity quiz for Console to be held in Monroe's

Tue, Apr 19, 2016

THE THIRD Annual Charity Table Quiz, Raffle and Auction in aid of Console, takes place in Monroe's Live this Friday [April 22] from 7pm, with chances to win vouchers and bid on a signed Connacht Rugby jersey.

Go Over The Edge during Cúirt

Mon, Apr 18, 2016

EMERGING NEW voices in Irish writing, including Kathryn Guille, winner of the Cúirt New Writing Poetry Prize 2016, and John O’Donnell, winner of the 2016 Cúirt New Writing Fiction Prize, will read at this year's Cúirt literary festival.

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