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.

Féile Cheoil Larry Reynolds brings East Galway tradition to life in Ballinasloe

Thu, Aug 27, 2026

Ballinasloe will once again become a meeting place for traditional music, song, dance, heritage and community spirit when Féile Cheoil Larry Reynolds returns from September 3 to 6, 2026.

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.

The circus kids have come to play

Thu, Aug 20, 2026

Being a child of the circus, I sometimes envy those with a hometown; forever holding an accessible answer to that recurring question: where are you from?

Galway talent along Yellow Brick Road

Thu, Aug 20, 2026

The Wiz opened to rave reviews on Tuesday night as Twin Productions celebrated thirty years of creating musicals.

Salthill scribbler scores pitch to publishers

Thu, Aug 20, 2026

Salthill writer and journalist Colin Sheridan has been named one of just twelve winners of an international writing competition which attracted 804 submissions from 38 countries.

Funding fizzle for Tuam's bright sparks

Thu, Aug 20, 2026

Sparkcatchers! in Tuam have been awarded a total of €24,280 through the Arts Council’s Youth Ensembles Scheme.

Comedy of kitchen counter dreams

Thu, Aug 20, 2026

Somewhere in rural Ireland, a housewife is practising her martial arts, rapping, mime and swimming, but only audiences at the Town Hall Theatre on Thursday, September 3, will discover this legend in her own lunchtime.

Kilskeagh ruins host first church service in centuries

Thu, Aug 20, 2026

The first Mass to be held in centuries at Old Kilskeagh Church and Graveyard will take place this evening, Thursday, August 20, as part of Heritage Week.

BOOK REVIEW: Pilot’s short war career is high point

Thu, Aug 20, 2026

In his review of a biography of a County Galway fighter ace, military historian PADRAIG LENIHAN finds both local interest, and a welcome counterweight to the notion that aerial dog fights were anything but bloody and brutal

Athenry marks two decades of heritage events

Thu, Aug 20, 2026

Despite less than ideal weather conditions last Sunday, Athenry Walled Town Day 2026 proved to be a success on its 20th anniversary, with an estimated 8,000 people in attendance.

What tales can Inishbofin tell?

Thu, Aug 20, 2026

Communities across Ireland’s western seaboard have been invited to answer the question: what stories is the landscape telling us?

Clifden Arts Festival themed to welcome

Thu, Aug 20, 2026

The 49th Clifden Arts Festival will run for ten days from Thursday, September 17, promising public art, architecture, sculpture, exhibitions and creative encounters.

GALWAY GOLD AND ANTIQUE BUYING EVENT

Thu, Aug 20, 2026

20th to 24th August from 10am to 5pm daily.
Venue: Clayton Hotel Galway, Monivea Road, Ballybrit, H91 D526

Clifden to create cultural centre once again

Thu, Aug 13, 2026

The visual arts programme, reflecting this year's theme of OPEN - A Festival of Welcome, Encounter, and Possibility, invites audiences to experience art in galleries, churches, public spaces, and some of Connemara's most remarkable landscapes.

Wild party for Macnas’ middle age

Thu, Aug 13, 2026

The world-renowned masters of storytelling and pioneers of imagination have called this anniversary performance on Sunday, October 25, Fíain – a celebration of the wild heart of the West.

Saw Doctors go green and red

Thu, Aug 13, 2026

The Tuam rockers plus special guests make their long-awaited return to Mayo for their first show in the county for more than a decade, live at the TF Royal Theatre, Castlebar, on Saturday, September 5.

Izzy’s fightback fundraiser

Thu, Aug 13, 2026

A special gig for a special Galway girl will be hosted at JF Murphy’s Bar in Athenry on Saturday, August 22, from 3pm until late.

Story series spans cruelty and compassion

Thu, Aug 13, 2026

The Other Poet Drives a Black Mercedes from Foyle is a paean to a writer’s imagination and experience, where the liminal border between the conscious world and the other world exists.

Celebration of screen guru's Spiddal roots

Thu, Aug 13, 2026

Now in its second year, Féile John Ford will acknowledge Forde’s enduring connection with the west of Ireland, and include screenings of The Quiet Man, The Informer, The Plough and the Stars and My Darling Clementine, plus a theatre production of The Quiet Men written and performed by Morgan C. Jones.

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