An Spidéal writer wins Irish-language Book of the Year Award

Mon, Nov 02, 2015

TADHG MACDONNAGÁIN, the An Spidéal-based author, publisher, broadcaster, and singer-songwriter has won the Gradam Uí Shúilleabháin Award, the premier prize for writing as Gaeilge, for his biography of the itinerant poet Raiftearaí.

Lasting impressions with Oliver Callan

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

HAVING KICKED off his latest Irish tour off with a packed Olympia Theatre gig recently, award-winning impressionist Oliver Callan is currently bringing his live music, satire, and comedy across the country sending up the top names in politics, sport, and entertainment. The Callan bus pulls into the Black Box Theatre on Friday November 27 at 8pm for what promises to be a laughter-packed evening.

London Classic Theatre and a Godot ‘light on its feet’

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

A COUNTRY road. A tree. Evening. Vladimir and Estragon meet as dusk approaches. Estragon tries to remove his boot. Vladimir examines his hat. A conversation begins, a joke is interrupted. A carrot is eaten. They quarrel, then embrace. A pair of eccentric travellers arrive - seemingly master and servant - one stands weighed down at the end of a long rope, the other carries a whip.

Middle Eastern film to start November

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

NOVEMBER BEGINS for Galway film enthusiasts with Theeb, which offers a very different take on the Arab revolt against the Ottomans from those normally seen by Western audiences.

Strange Brew 666th Night

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

THE BOOK Of Revelations 13:18 declares: "Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six."

Album review: Jeffrey Lewis

Music Reviews Thu, Oct 29, 2015

JEFFREY LEWIS grew up on Manhattan's bohemian Lower East Side and this area of New York acts as a loose theme across the 11 songs on this album.

TULCA 2015 promises a Seachange

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

THE 2015 TULCA Festival of Visual Arts returns to Galway city from Saturday November 14 to Sunday 29, and will feature work by more than 40 Irish and international artists.

SLIOCHT - an event for authors and readers

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

ENTHUSIASTS FOR Irish language novels will have the chance to meet authors Micheál Ó Conghaile, Jackie Mac Donncha, and Réaltán Ní Leannáin at Sliocht, a new event to bring authors and readers face to face.

The Amazing Apples to play An Taibhdhearc

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

GALWAY INDIE-folk band, The Amazing Apples, will play their last hometown gig of the year on Friday November 6 at 7.30pm in An Taibhdhearc, Middle Street.

Wagner's Tannhäuser at The Eye

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

RICHARD WAGNER has often suffered from bad press, what with Adolf Hitler being a big fan and philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche such a stern critic, but the quality of his music continues to enrapture audiences.

Album review: Beach House

Music Reviews Thu, Oct 29, 2015

IN DEFIANCE of the rule that a new album should only appear every two/three years, Beach House's Thank Your Lucky Stars emerges, with Zappa like prolificness, only three months after Depression Cherry.

Galway's Halloween ComicFest

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

SUB-CITY Comics Galway will host the fourth annual Halloween ComicFest event this Saturday, with 21 free comics available from which to choose.

Eleanor Shanley - Forever Young at An Taibhdhearc

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

ELEANOR SHANLEY has a new album, Forever Young, named after the great Bob Dylan song; she is about to start a tour of Ireland; and she recently moved to Galway, making the county her home.

Wild Tales tonight in Indreabhán

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

ARGENTINIAN FILM Wild Tales, featuring six stories, both funny and scary, will be screened this evening at 8.15pm in Seanscoil Sailearna, Indreabhán.

Halloween tales in Oranmore

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

A night of terror filled tales and scary stories of ghoulish sitings along the coast road into Oranmore and haunted happenings in Ardrahan, will be told around the fire in the front bar of Keane’s Pub, Oranmore, this evening at 8.30pm.

Cian Finn to launch new album

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

IRISH REGGAE singer-songwriter Cian Finn launches his new album, This Applies, with a gig at The Commercial Boat Club, Woodquay, this Saturday, joined by Rootical Sound System, Ras Tinny, Revelation Sound, and Aminah Dastan.

Tara Erraught to sing in at NUIG

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

TARA ERRAUGHT, the much acclaimed mezzo soprano, will perform songs by Dvorak, Brahms, Wolf, Copland, Mahler, and Britten, in NUI Galway's Aula Maxima on Wednesday November 4 at 8pm.

Rory Gallagher tribute @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

SINNERBOY, THE Rory Gallagher tribute band which has won the praise and admiration of Rory's brother and manager Donal, returns to the Róisín Dubh this Sunday at 9pm.

Choral concert in Ardrahan

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

A CONCERT celebrating song and the human voice will take place in the Ardrahan Church of Ireland church on Friday November 6 at 7.30pm.

Black Pope - new single and Róisín Dubh show

Wed, Oct 28, 2015

FREAKY IRISH rock'n'roll band Black Pope are on their Halloween tour of Ireland this week, which takes in the Róisín Dubh tonight, and they have just released their debut single/music video, 'Atom Bomb'.

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