The Little Book of Galway; a perfect little guide to the county
Literature Reviews Thu, Jun 11, 2020
As someone who is absolutely fascinated by the subject of history, it is rather inexplicable that in my five and half years of living in Galway that the only real historical fact I knew about the county was Mayor James Lynch Fitzstephen hanged his own son Walter for murder and thus came the term lynching. So when the opportunity to read The Little Book of Galway presented itself, I finally had a chance to bring my Galway history knowledge up to scratch and it did not disappoint.
Read more ...Poems for the Lockdown - chatting up girls in Galway
Coffee Break Read Mon, Jun 08, 2020
IN THIS poem from my 2005 debut collection, The Boy With No Face, I take a comic look at my mostly unsuccessful attempts at wooing a person of the opposite gender in night clubs such as The Oasis in Salthill.
Read more ...'Mindfulness in Lockdown'
Mon, Jun 08, 2020
It is a sunny morning as I sit and sip my coffee. There are many jobs to do and a small list beside me that already has some ticks on it. I love my lists and I especially love getting to tick them off. On my list I have piano practice, work on a new track, skincare, exercise, and meditate.
Read more ...Town Hall Theatre Patron Donation Award winners 2020
Fri, Jun 05, 2020
The Town Hall Theatre has announced the successful applicants in its inaugural Patron Donation Awards for artists, companies and producers based in Galway.
The purpose of the awards is to support applicants to research and develop projects which are original and ambitious and which have something to say about the times we live in.
Read more ...Getting To Know… Charlotte Gallagher Questionnaire
Fri, Jun 05, 2020
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Sharing a beautiful feast with friends, family, and newcomers.
Get ready for The Sopranos Zoom quiz
Fri, Jun 05, 2020
Do you know your Baccalas from your Parisis and your Apriles? Capocollo from prosciutto?
Read more ...Get ready for The Sopranos Zoom quiz
Thu, Jun 04, 2020
Do you know your Baccalas from your Parisis and your Apriles? Capocollo from prosciutto?
Read more ...What Do You Mean You Haven't Read?
Coffee Break Read Thu, Jun 04, 2020
Michael Gorman, poet
Short stories of Anton Chekhov
Over The Edge open reading on Zoom
Thu, Jun 04, 2020
THE OVER The Edge readings are back! Covid-19 has prevented the city's popular literary institution from taking place in the city library, but Digital technology is facilitating its return next month.
Read more ...Poems for the Lockdown - the changing face of Galway
Coffee Break Read Mon, Jun 01, 2020
THIS POEM was written in 2002 and features in my first collection of poems, The Boy With No Face, published by Salmon in 2005.
Read more ...Exhausted Netflix? Then check out All 4
Thu, May 28, 2020
IF, LIKE me, you have exhausted everything interesting on Netflix and Amazon, and are now desperate for good content, check out All 4, Channel 4's online offering.
Read more ...'This album comes from a journey of sorts, actual and figurative'
Thu, May 28, 2020
A RUMINATION on nature, quietness, solitude, mental health, and a joy in the organic process of creation, are the things which define Us and Then, the new album from Galway singer-songwriter Yawning Chasm.
Read more ...A rave on the airwaves
Thu, May 28, 2020
WHEN CIAN Ó Cíobháin marked 21 years on air for his alternative/underground music show An Taobh Tuathail on Raidió na Gaeltachta recently, he felt like it was a community coming together to celebrate on the airwaves.
Read more ...Friday night's alright for laughing
Thu, May 28, 2020
GALWAY'S FAVOURITE grouchiest comedy cowboy; the man who wrote Ireland's funniest joke; and a comic who put in a memorable performance in It's All Gone Pete Tong, will be live in your living room tomorrow (Friday May 29) evening.
Read more ...In The Mouth Of Fire at InterAction
Thu, May 28, 2020
INTERACTION - A Digital Theatre Programme continues throughout this weekend, including the presentation of a new work by Galway theatre marker John Rogers.
Read more ...What Do You Mean You Haven't Read?
Coffee Break Read Thu, May 28, 2020
Tara Jaye Burke, animator
The Running Man by Richard Bachman (Stephen King)
'Getting to Know...'
Thu, May 28, 2020
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Producing a festival with unlimited funds where everything that could possibly go wrong has been foreseen.
Poems for the Lockdown - Merlin Park Hospital
Coffee Break Read Mon, May 25, 2020
THIS IS the title poem from my most recent poetry collection, published by Salmon last summer. It was inspired by my visits to the Infusion Unit at Merlin Park Hospital, where I am a regular.
Read more ...What Do You Mean You Haven't Read?
Coffee Break Read Thu, May 21, 2020
Paula Healy, station manager, Flirt 101.3 FM
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
From Mars to Connemara...these movies have it all
Thu, May 21, 2020
LOCKDOWN IS being eased but we are far from out of lockdown yet, so here are some more film recommendations to - available on Netflix - to get you through the coming evenings.
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