'Edna’s writing is so honest; nothing is sugar-coated'

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

WHEN EDNA O’Brien’s novel, The Country Girls was first published in 1960, it scandalised conservative Catholic Ireland and the controversy over the book saw it being both banned and ceremonially burned.

Charlie’s a Clepto at the Mick Lally Theatre

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

CHARLIE IS a kleptomaniac - the doctor told her. Reckons it stems from childhood trauma. But she has the robbin’ completely under control these days. For real.

The Sisters Brothers - dark, funny, and nihilistic

Films Reviews Thu, Apr 11, 2019

THE SISTERS Brothers is French director Jacques Audiard’s English-language debut. Audiard first came to attention in 2005 with The Beat That My Heart Skipped, and enjoyed wide acclaim for 2009's magnificent A Prophet.

See The Godfather on the big screen

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

IT IS directed by Francis Ford Coppola. It boasts an all-star cast of Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, and Marlon Brando. It is one of the great films about the Mafia. It is, regardless of subject matter, one of the greatest film ever made.

Ailbhe Darcy - the best Irish Poet of her generation?

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

AILBHE DARCY grew up in Dublin, graduated with a PhD from the University of Notre Dame, and now teaches creative writing at Cardiff University. I first became aware of her almost 20 years ago when she submitted a poem, ‘Gavrilo Princip’, to The Burning Bush, of which I was a co-editor.

Ye Vagabonds - new album, Róisín Dubh gig

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

FOLLOWING THE release of their very fine new album, The Hare's Lament, folk/trad duo Ye Vagabonds - Carlow brothers Brían and Diarmuid MacGloinn - return to the Róisín Dubh.

Bernard O'Shea and Karl Spain - Fat Chancers

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

BERNARD O'SHEA and Karl Spain have decided to drop a few pounds, trim down, and shape up, and so they are going on tour together, under the moniker of Fat Chancers.

Pam Dolan's Land, Sea, and Memory

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

LAND, SEA, and Memory is the title of a new series of paintings from the Mayo born, Galway based, artist Pam Dolan, which is currently running in the Church Gallery at Ballinasloe Library.

Music for Good Friday

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

THE ANNUAL concert of sacred music for Good Friday returns to St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, with a performance of Heinrich Schütz’s setting of the last words of Christ on the cross: Die Sieben Worte Jesu Christi Am Kreuz.

Galway Theatre Festival seeks volunteers

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

THE GALWAY Theatre Festival is seeking volunteers to help at this year's event which runs from May 3 to 11.

New release and gig from Junior Brother and PowPig

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

IT COULD have been called a split EP, but why go for the obvious when you can have "a quadruple A-side single release"? That is just what Junior Brother and PowPig have done.

My Fellow Sponges/Rufus and Jess gig

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

MY FELLOW Sponges, the Galway folk-rock/prog-rock band, and the Berlin based, Irish folk-blues duo, Rufus Coates and Jess Smith, will play a gig in Galway city this week.

New Galway orchestra's inaugural concert series

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

LUMINOSA MUSIC, Galway's new orchestra, will present its inaugural concert series, Soundings, at Galway Cathedral, with a programme spanning eight centuries of female composers.

Bob Skeleton announce Róisín Dubh show

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

FOLLOWING A busy 2018, Bob Skeleton, who describe their music as "midnight-pop" with shades of "West Coast cool and Mancunian mood", will play a headline show in the Róisín Dubh on June 7.

ConTempo and Coole Music play Loughrea

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

THE CONTEMPO Quartet and the Coole Music Youth Orchestra are joining forces to perform a concert of works by Arthur Duff, Werner Thomas, Katharina Baker, and Luís De Freitas Branco, in Loughrea.

Wild Youth, Daithí and Saint Sister for GIAF Big Top

Wed, Apr 10, 2019

SAINT SISTER, Daithí, and Wild Youth have been announced as support acts for shows at the Galway International Arts Festival Big Top in the Fisheries Field this July.

That day in May when Ireland said 'Yes'

Thu, Apr 04, 2019

ON MAY 22 2015, the Republic of Ireland became the first State in the world to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote, with 62.07 per cent voting to extend the right to marry to gay people.

John Lynn - Irish comedy's 'rising star' for the Róisín

Thu, Apr 04, 2019

JOHN LYNN, "the rising star of Irish comedy," according to The Sunday Times, and a man simply declared “brilliant” by The Irish Times, headlines next week's Comedy KARLnival at the Róisín Dubh.

Inni-K - new album, Galway gig

Thu, Apr 04, 2019

INNI-K, "one of ten fierce women defining Irish culture," according to RTÉ, released her second album, The Hare and The Line, in March, while this month sees her play an intimate show in Galway city.

John Spillane to open Jim McKee's new exhibition

Thu, Apr 04, 2019

THE BURREN landscape and a song by the great Cork singer-songwriter John Spillane have inspired a new exhibition of paintings by the artist Jim McKee, which opens this weekend.

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