Galway artist shortlisted for the AIB Portrait Prize 2026

Thu, Aug 27, 2026

Enda Burke, an artist from Galway city, has been shortlisted for the AIB Portrait Prize alongside 25 other artists from across the country with his photograph Dad and Elvis.

Dig into Galway’s literary and cultural history at the Autumn Gathering

Thu, Aug 27, 2026

The Lady Gregory-Yeats Autumn Gathering breaks fresh ground this year with a new website, theme and leadership.

Making waves: new bilingual booklet celebrates Inis Meáin’s rich coastal heritage

Thu, Aug 27, 2026

A new bilingual booklet featuring previously undocumented folklore about the island’s rich coastal heritage was launched officially this week on Inis Meáin, the middle of the three Aran islands.

Cladaí Inis Meáin (The Shores of Inis Meáin) is a practical field guide which explores local traditions, names, and stories about the seaweeds and seashells found on the island’s rocky shores, featuring details about seaweed harvesting, local proverbs, children's rhymes, unique names heard only on Inis Meáin, as well as ecological information about the island’s coastal biodiversity.

New Galway choir Meitheal calls on the community to raise its voice

Thu, Aug 27, 2026

Meitheal, a brand new community chamber choir from the Galway arts collective Unhinged, is now welcoming singers of all abilities to join. Under the artistic direction of Oran Tobin, the choir will create unaccompanied choral music rooted in Irish place, myth and living tradition, and it is looking for voices from across the community to bring it to life.

New Galway choir Meitheal calls on the community to raise its voice

Thu, Aug 13, 2026

Meitheal, a brand new community chamber choir from the Galway arts collective Unhinged, is now welcoming singers of all abilities to join. Under the artistic direction of Oran Tobin, the choir will create unaccompanied choral music rooted in Irish place, myth and living tradition, and it is looking for voices from across the community to bring it to life.

Open to everyone aged eighteen and over, Meitheal asks for no previous singing experience. Just a willingness to learn, a love of Irish music and culture, and a desire to be part of something that gives back.

City architect will curate Irish pavilion in Venice

Thu, Jul 30, 2026

Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport, Patrick O’Donovan, announced the selection of Emmet Humphreys and Nathalie Weadick, on behalf of Galway City Council, as the curators to represent Ireland at the 20th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice - a global platform for structure and design.

Earthy art in Oughterard

Thu, Jul 30, 2026

The fourth and final exhibit of the season, “Work From Two Studios”, featuring Brian Bourke and Jay Murphy, will open on July 31 at the courthouse.

PorterShed celebrates decade of local art

Thu, Jul 16, 2026

‘Embers’, the exhibit, will bring together 10 artists who have shown work at PorterShed since it opened. Each artist will present work in their own preferred style, creating a retrospective of creativity, diversity and artistic talent.

Oughterard exhibit explores links between people and places

Thu, Jul 16, 2026

Opening July 17 at 7pm, the new show is titled Túath, the old Irish word from Brehon law era, meaning territory as well as the people who live there. Three Connacht-based artists will explore the shifting dynamics between person and place with their own questions, influences, and materials.

Sculpture that interrogates History

Thu, Jul 02, 2026

In Deviations, John Rainey presents sculptures drawn from three bodies of work produced between 2021 and 2026: Slip Tank, Errors and Retrofits.

Wests awake

Thu, Jul 02, 2026

Poet Mary O’Malley will open the Wests’ exhibition Fold at 3pm as the second exhibition of this year’s Oughterard Courthouse Summer Arts Programme (OCAP)

Tattoos, puns and pop art

Thu, Jun 18, 2026

Leading Irish cartoonist, Tom Mathews, will unveil 18 new works this week, including the official poster for this autumn’s Galway Cartoon Festival.

Summer art in Oughterard

Thu, May 28, 2026

Two Aosdána members will feature prominently in the this years summer arts programme at Oughterard’s Old Courthouse exhibition space.

Young Galway artists invited to explore place and belonging through printmaking

Thu, May 28, 2026

Young creatives are being invited to explore storytelling through printmaking in Memory Lines: Print, Connect, Belong — a unique series of lino-print workshops led by Galway-based artist Róisín Doherty, culminating in a large-scale collaborative artwork at Fr Burke Park as part of Cruinniú na nÓg 2026.

Latin art in Oughterard

Thu, May 21, 2026

Oughterard Courthouse will host an exhibition entitled Tropic Signal in Grey Light next Friday, May 29.

Eamon Little documentary to screen for good cause at Campbells

Thu, May 21, 2026

Following from the popularity of his recent Documentary, Born That Way, which screened twice at Galway Arts Centre, Nuns Island in December and was broadcast on RTÉ One, Éamon Little’s 2011 documentary, Living Colour, will screen at Campbells Tavern in Cloughanover on Wednesday May 27 next at 8pm, with proceeds going to support a beleaguered family in Gaza, one of whom has made it to live in Galway.

Countercultural extravaganza

Thu, May 21, 2026

A two-decade-long mixture of theatrical touring and activism, THISISPOPBABY will be in Galway for one night only on Tuesday, June 23, at the Town Hall Theatre.

Council provides financial aid to artists

Thu, May 14, 2026

Thirteen artists with a Galway connection are to share a €33,860 award administered by the County Council.

Irish country artist Gareth for Galway gig

Thu, May 07, 2026

Fresh off his debut headline Australian tour, Rising Irish country artist Gareth has will return to the Roisin Dubh in Galway this month as part of his upcoming The Uncut Tour, bringing stripped-back performances to cities such as Liverpool, Cardiff and Nottingham, in addition to an appearance at The Great Escape in Brighton.

Growing Pains - New powerful collection from Danielle Holian

Thu, May 07, 2026

Acclaimed Galway poet Danielle Holian returns with her fourth collection, Growing Pains, released May 5, marking a powerful evolution in her already resonant body of work. Following the success of Beautifully Chaotic (2019), The Dilemma (2020), and Surviving You (2021), this latest collection offers an unflinching and deeply personal exploration of love, loss, and the difficult road to self-reclamation.

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