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Padraic Joyce and his team travel to the Athletic Grounds in Armagh on Saturday evening for a rematch of 2022’s game of the year.

A live date for your Spring 2023 diary as Declan Nerney and his band return to Tuar Ard Arts Centre in Moate on Sunday, February 26.

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A live date for your Spring 2023 diary as Declan Nerney and his band return to Tuar Ard Arts Centre in Moate on Sunday, February 26.

DYLAN MORAN will play his first shows in Galway in four years when he headlines this October’s Galway Comedy Festival 2022. With the Tuesday night sold out, Friday and Saturday performances have been added to meet the public demand.

Harry Potter fans get ready for the the Olivier Award nominated Potted Potter which opens at the Town Hall this evening (Thursday).

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Ireland has a long history of horse racing. As a result, every year, a large number of Irish horse racing enthusiasts come to the Cheltenham Festival, the highlight event of the National Hunt season, and in recent years, Irish-owned or bred horses have dominated the event. The domination has made people interested in bidding in horse racing events. Unibet is the perfect and most famous site for you to find out about horse racing odds. Nowadays, Ireland's Thoroughbred breeding industry is increasing because of the favorable tax treatment. The main farm of Coolmore Stud, the world's largest Thoroughbred stud, is located there (in addition to major operations in the U.S. and Australia).

On November 14, 1920, a young curate, Father Michael Griffin, was lured from his house at No 2 Montpellier Terrace by the Black and Tans. Whatever ruse they used to get him out of the house, it was not to go on a sick call, as he did not take the holy oils or the Eucharist with him, but went peacefully. He went missing and volunteers and search parties were organised and combed the city and surrounding countryside looking for him. A week later his body was found buried in a bog at Cloch Sgoilte in Barna. There was an international outcry. He had worked in the parish of Rahoon since June 1918 and was hugely popular. He spoke in Irish to young and old, organised feiseanna, currach races, and donkey races on Silver Strand. He was very republican and was suspected by the Tans of having heard the last confession of the informer Patrick Joyce, which was probably the reason why they abducted him and tried to extract the identity of Joyce's killers from him.

CALM WITH Horses, the Irish feature film which was largely shot in Galway city and county, has been nominated for 4 BAFTAs.