Noir By Noirwest - dark fiction from Irish writers

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

FROM CRIME on Galway city streets to violence in trenches of WWI, the dark side of human nature is explored by 30 Galway writers in a major new short story collection.

Two Patrick Kavanagh plays on Galway stage

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

GALWAY DEVOTEES of the poet Patrick Kavanagh are in for a treat next week when two stage plays based on his life and work come to town.

Stones In His Pockets

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

STONES IN His Pockets, the theatre phenomenon, returns for another naitonwide run, which includes the Town Hall Theatre from Monday April 7 to Saturday 12 at 8pm.

The Drifters tribute concert

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

THE BEST of The Drifters, featuring Gillie Leroy Jones, are coming to Galway to play a concert in the Salthill Hotel on Sunday April 13.

Gillie Leroy Jones, Stevie Jackson, Paul Mills, and John Oldenstam will perform such timeless soul-pop classics as ‘Saturday Night at the Movies’, ‘Under the Boardwalk’, ‘Come On Over To My Place’, ‘Up On The Roof ’,‘You’reMoreThanANumber In My Little Red Book’, ‘Save The Last Dance For Me’, and ‘Kissin’ In The Back Row’ in this two hour show.

Sean Hughes, Cúirt, and penguins

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

SEAN HUGHES, one of Ireland’s most brilliant comedians, will perform his new show Penguins, as part of the Cúirt literature festival.

Concert of film music

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

NUI GALWAY’S Orchestra and Film societies will join forces to present a live visual and audio performance of well known film soundtracks.

Moycullen trad workshop

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

CEARDLANN AN Earraigh, the annual Irish trad music workshops, takes place on Saturday April 12 in Scoil Mhuire, Moycullen.

Organised by Comhaltas Mhaigh Cuilinn, the workshops feature masterclasses in fiddle with Tara Breen and David Doocey; banjo with Eoin O’Sullivan; accordion with Tommy Doherty and Daithí Gormley; concertina with Caitlin NicGabhann; and sean nós singing with Máire Ní Dhroighneán.

Iceland’s Ásgeir to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

ICELANDIC SINGER-songwriter Ásgeir has become a phenomenon in his homeland, with 10 per cent of the island’s population owning a copy of his debut album.

Thad Beckman @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

THAD BECKMAN has “chops, writing talent, a big personality, and a bag full of true stories which all dovetail for a cool show.”

TG4 to record Bosca Ceoil @ Monroe’s

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

TG4’S NEW folk and trad music show Bosca Ceoil is being recorded in Monroe’s Live from Monday April 7 to Friday 11, and free audience tickets are available.

Want to appear in Ros na Rún?

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

TG4’S POPULAR soap Ros na Rún will be holding open auditions on Monday April 14 and Tuesday 15 on the set in An Spidéal.

Fluent Irish is essential for all roles. Those interested in auditioning should email their CV, with a recent photo to [email protected]. Ros na Rún will then contact applicants to arrange an audition.

Over The Edge Cúirt reading

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

RUTH QUINLAN, Jennifer Matthews, Pat McDonnell, and Colm Scully will read at the Cúirt Over The Edge Showcase Reading.

Cúirt launch for The Galway Review 2

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

The Galway Review 2, an anthology featuring an array of Galway writers, will be officially launched as part of the Cúirt festival.

Clifden Traditional Music Festival

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

THE CAPITAL of Connemara will come alive with music at the fifth annual Clifden Traditional Music Festival from Thursday April 10 to Sunday 13.

La Bohème, live at The Eye

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

PUCCINI’S CELEBRATED opera La Bohème will be broadcast live via satellite from the stage of New York’s Metropolitan Opera to The Eye Cinema, Wellpark.

Aine Doherty exhibition

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

OUGHTERARD BASED artist Aine Doherty is currently exhibiting a mix of new and old paintings in the Renzo Café on Eyre Street.

Raglans to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

LILY ALLEN’S father, actor Keith Allen, who can currently be seen in My Mad Fat Diary, has called Raglans’ “an immensely powerful band!”.

Tae Lane @ The Cellar

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

TAE LANE have been described as The Pogues arguing with Warren Zevon, and Galway will see why when they play The Cellar this Saturday.

Tae Lane are a six-piece band of brothers who play original songs with the odd classic thrown in. They will perform songs from their forthcoming EP Not Today, while the video for the song ‘Low Down Pleasures’ can be seen on YouTube. The band has also played the Electric Picnic.

Cúirtin’ in the kitchen

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

CONSCIOUS OF the fact that Galway’s literary festival, Cúirt, was becoming somewhat estranged from the people of Galway, for whom it was inaugurated, it was decided four years ago to organise a number of events in and for local communities, to bring the festival back to the people.

Liz Lochhead: hickies, nappies, and twelve inch tellies

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

I DISCOVERED Scottish poet Liz Lochhead in the 1993 Bloodaxe anthology The New Poetry, and a few years later she came to Galway to read at the 1998 Cúirt Festival.

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