Achill’s champion, Eva

Thu, Aug 02, 2012

THE IRISH cultural landscape towards the end of the 19th century was in a state of powerful transformation. While the period directly following the Act of Union in 1800 may have represented the best era of civil government in British/Irish history, it also saw Ireland being stripped of its political capital leaving it open to the economic failure that resulted in the Great Famine.

Stunned and demoralised after what has been called the greatest human disaster of the 19th century, The Great Famine, it took a decade or two for the country to find its cultural feet but as Dublin had little or no leadership to offer, there was a small but significant move away from the Anglo-Irish culture that had dominated the social landscape of the landed classes, and a growing interest emerged slowly at first but soon gathering momentum in the indigenous Irish culture, culminating in the foundation of the Irish Republican Irish Brotherhood, the Gaelic Athletic Association, and the Gaelic League.

Oliver! at the Town Hall

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

MORE THAN 50 years after it premiered on London’s West End, Lionel Bart’s classic musical Oliver! remains as much-loved as ever. Now Galway audiences can look forward to a new staging of the show from Brian and Sean Powers’ Twins Production Company which takes to the Town Hall Theatre stage next week.

The dark power of the supernatural

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

ONE OF the most sensational murder trials in late 19th century Ireland was that of Bridget Cleary in 1895, who was burned alive by her husband and cousins, who sincerely believed she was a ‘changeling’.

British singer-songwriters to play Portumna

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

BRITISH SINGER-songwriters Jake Morley and Liz Lawrence will play Portumna on Saturday August 4 at 8.30pm in the town’s Church of Ireland church.

Theatre reviews: Galway Arts Festival

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

EDWARD HALL’S all-male Propeller theatre company have become firm Galway Arts Festival favourites in recent years and they deliver the goods yet again with Henry V at the Black Box in a staging that is brimful of verve and brio.

Two chances to see Tumbling Bones

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

AMERICAN BLUEGRASS, folk, and blues band Tumbling Bones play Foyles Hotel, Clifden, tonight and Kelly’s in Galway city on Wednesday August 1.

The Importance of Being Earnest at Monroe’s

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

OSCAR WILDE’S theatrical masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest, will be staged in Monroe’s Live today and tomorrow.

Classical concert with Galway Sinfonietta

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

GALWAY SINFONIETTA will perform Glazunov’s Saxophone Concerto, Anton Dvorak’s three Slavonic Dances, and ‘Romance’ by Finzi in NUI Galway on Saturday.

The concert, which is part of the Galway Fringe Festival, takes place at 7pm in the Bailey Allen Hall, Áras na Mac Léinn. The concert will be conducted by John Roe and the soloist for the evening is Bertrand Huve.

Deadline looms for submissions to TULCA 2012

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

THE DEADLINE for Irish and international artists working in any media, who wish to submit work for the TULCA 2012 visual arts festival is Monday August 13.

An electrician at the edge of madness

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

DARREN KILLEEN of Game of Thrones and Ros Na Rún, stars in the one man show Sparks, in Kelly’s, Bridge Street, tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday at 3pm.

Big Whiskey @ HALO

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

BIG WHISKEY will bring their funky bass lines and fiery vocals to the HALO stage tonight followed by Deuces Wild tomorrow.

Sligo trio Big Whiskey are Sean McCarthy on lead guitar and vocals, Duane Gallagher on bass, and Eddie Delaney on drums. Deuces Wild are regarded as one of the country’s top live performing groups. The quartet performs popular music from the past three decades together with present chart toppers.

Planet of sound

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

BLUR IS a band I’ve long had a difficult relationship with - from loving their early psychedelic indie pop, then despising their Britpop era, to regaining admiration for the quartet’s late 1990s triumphs.

Strange Brew Summer Shindig

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

THE STRANGE Brew Summer Shindig returns to the Róisín Dubh on Thursday August 2 with a stellar line-up of some of the best indie acts in Ireland.

Fringe Festival Grande Finale @ Monroe’s

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

A HOST OF some of the best local bands will take to the stage of Monroe’s Live for the Galway Fringe Festival Grande Finale concert this Sunday at 9pm.

Citóg @ The Cellar

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

THE LAST Citóg to take place on a Friday night will be held tomorrow when The Souterrain, The West Nile Ramblers, Appian Way, and July Hawk take to the stage.

Ben Reel @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

COUNTY ARMAGH singer-songwriter Ben Reel plays Monroe’s Live tonight at 9pm.

Sam Amidon @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

THERE WILL be songs - some sacred, some secular; there will be storytelling, and maybe some field recordings and cartoon videos to watch while you listen.

Kormac band leader of Kormac’s Big Band

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Either on-stage with the band or at home, cooking and listening to Newstalk’s Off The Ball.

Either on-stage with the band or at home, cooking and listening to Newstalk’s Off The Ball.

Mary Coughlan to play Inishbofin

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

THE GREAT jazz-blues singer Mary Coughlan, will be among the performers taking part in the Inishbofin Concerts series which takes place in the island’s Dolphin Hotel on Tuesdays.

Galway Fringe art exhibition

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

ART OF Galway, the main art exhibition at the Galway Fringe Festival, featuring numerous local artists, is on show in the Dominican Hall in The Claddagh.

The exhibition features Human Collage by Ali Raza, exploring in the dark side in an expressionist style; The Insomniac is a cinematic narrative by Enda Burke; Symbiosis series of photos by Lara Luxardi; Tara Breathnach’s Saothair on Iarthar, inspired by the west of Ireland; Deirdre Deegan’s prints examining the process of decay, entitled What’s left Behind; Joanna Kasinska will exhibit conceptual ceramics; and An Spidéal’s Ruth Cadden will display landscape, figurative, and mythological paintings and drawings.

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