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A group of 14 talented GAA ladies from the Salthill Knocknacarra club are set to travel to Lorient, Brittany this August to take part in a friendly Gaelic football match during the Celtic Tournament that will include players from Brittany and Galicia, at the renowned Lorient Interceltic Festival.

Old Ireland in Colour, a photography exhibition featuring work from the best-selling books of the same name, launched at Kylemore Abbey this week. The exhibition will run until late Autumn 2025 in the Victorian castle and will be part of the heritage experience which welcomes over 500,000 visitors each year.

Galway’s longest-standing and most dynamic town twinning, with the Breton city of Lorient, will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2025. A vibrant lineup of events is planned to mark this milestone, bringing together the people of both cities in a true celebration of their shared Celtic heritage.

Various successful events have been initiated over the last 10 years with official and business visits and most recently the Inter-Celtic Business Forum which second edition took place in Galway.

Mayo County Library is hosting a major commemoration of the 225th anniversary of the 1798 rebellion in Ireland also known as ‘The Year of the French or Bliain na bhFrancach’. The programme coincides with 1798 Music Festival which will be held in the town over the weekend and its focus on history and heritage complements the more public events of the festival. The commemoration event will consist of:

A delegation from Galway is travelling to Lorient in France today (Thursday) as part of the efforts to reinvigorate and strengthen the twinning partnership that has existed between the two cities since 1975.

A special parade of sail from Galway takes place tomorrow (Friday) reviving a tradition with twin city Lorient.

Galway’s second Cartoon Festival kicks off this weekend on Saturday, and last year’s little acorn has already had an impressive growth spurt. Last year the festival was confined to two venues, whereas this year’s event features work by more than 70 cartoonists from all around the world which will be on show in a minimum of eight locations across the city.

The First World War was a devastating conflict, but how did artists at the time use cartoons to tell the story? An international conference held at NUI Galway will explore this question, discussing the impact of cartoons in Ireland and Europe during the war. The conference will take place in the University’s Moore Institute this Saturday, November 10 in association with the 2018 Galway Cartoon Festival.

Events are to be held locally this week to mark the centenary of Armistic Day.