The silent heroes

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

OVER THE last three years or so, there has been a continuous growth in the number of books published inside and outside Ireland relating to the 1916 Rising, the War of Independence, the Irish Civil War, and Irish involvement in the First World War.

The spirit of literary free enterprise

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

THE NEWBIE writers of Galway are an enterprising lot. Not for them the hours we spent gazing into tepid cappuccinos and complaining about what Cúirt or Poetry Ireland were not doing for us.

That was, until the announcement, by the grizzled fake bohemian in the seat opposite, that s/he had always been secretly in favour of hanging and/or Saddam Hussein, clarified the choice before us: either go home and actually write something or die talking to a gobsh**e such as this.

Epic poem on Gibraltar killings re-published

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

AN EPIC poem, written by a man who spent many years living in Galway, about the killing of three IRA members in Gibraltar in 1988 has been published in a new edition.

‘The tautness of a bow’

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

GIFTED GALWAY dance company Chrysalis grace the Black Box Theatre next week with its new production, Slings and Arrows, which will showcase its remarkable versatility and promises to be a visceral feast for the senses.

Eclipsed and the world of the Magdalene Laundries

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

THE DIFFERING reactions to the Magdalene Laundries over the years have been mirrored in the responses to Patricia Burke Brogan’s Eclipsed, which will have a staged reading in Galway next week.

Villagers to play Seapoint

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

WHEN VILLAGERS take to the stage of the Seapoint Ballroom in Salthill on Thursday March 14 at 8pm, it will be for one of the most anticipated gigs of the year.

Josef Locke – ‘Three times the size of life’

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

THE COLOURFUL life and remarkable career of singer Josef Locke is celebrated in a new show, Blaze Away!, which comes to the Town Hall this Saturday at 8pm.

Family concert of Javanese music

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

THE ENTRANCING sound of the Javanese gamelan will fill St Patrick’s Brass Band Hall this Sunday at the next Adventures In Music family concert.

Alone It Stands @ Town Hall

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

THOSE DOWNCAST by Ireland’s injuries, defeats, and bad luck in the Six Nations, which sees us out of the running with more games still to play, take heart.

There will be a chance to experience one of the great days of Irish rugby when John Breen’s phenomenally popular play Alone It Stands comes to the Town Hall Theatre from Monday March 11 to Saturday 16 at 8pm.

Children’s show at An Taibhdhearc

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

AN TAIBHDHEARC’S Saturday shows for families continues with Graffiti Theatre Company’s Walking Man/An Fear Siúil by Jody O’Neill at 11am and 1pm.

New books from Futa Fata

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

THE ADVENTURES of a pirate girl, and a tiny tiger in search of his teddy, are two new books for children from An Spidéal based publishers Futa Fata.

What Richard Did winners

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

THE WINNERS of the DVDs of What Richard Did are Tommie Commins, Ballybane; Claire Finn, Renmore; and Loretta Goff, Riverside.

Underwater Picnic EP launch

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

GALWAY INDIE-rock quartet Underwater Picnic will launch their new EP Atlas tomorrow with a gig in The Cellar Bar.

Poetry reading with Louis DePaor

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

LOUIS DEPAOR and Japanese tanka poet Hisa Kagawa will be reading in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop this Saturday at 6.30pm.

Athenry Musical Society fashion show

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

ATHENRY MUSICAL Society will host a fashion show in aid of its upcoming musical, Sweet Charity, in May.

The cream of indie for Strange Brew

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

THREE OF the most exciting Irish indie bands - one from Dublin, one from Tuam, the other from Donegal - play Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh on Thursday March 7.

Toy Soldier @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

IRISH ELECTRO-rock trio Toy Soldier combine a dancefloor groove with hard rocking riffs as audiences will hear when they play Monroe’s tomorrow.

Fleetwood Mac tribute

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

IN THE late sixties they played expressive blues and paved the way for heavy metal. In the seventies and eighties they were globe gobbling pop superstars.

Rugby loving folk-rock

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

HERMITAGE GREEN are not only rugby fans who play folk-rock but their vocalist Barry Murphy formerly played for Munster and Ireland.

Nineties indie night @ HALO

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

THE NINETIES was when indie went from the underground to overground and spawned such genres as shoegaze, grunge, and Britpop.

Those who were lucky enough to live through that era or who want to get an idea of what it was like could check out Indie Rocks who play upstairs at HALO tomorrow night.

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