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The 1916 Rising is a pivotal turning point in Irish history, setting in train a series of events which culminated in Irish independence in 1921.

Republican Sinn Féin will hold a series of commemorations throughout Co Galway to mark the 94th Anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising.

Athlone Film Club is delighted to be taking part in the St Patrick’s Day celebrations by showing the classic Irish film Mise Eire, on Tuesday March 16 at 8pm in the Dean Crowe Theatre.

Galway Sinn Féin will hold a number of ceremonies across Galway city and county to commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising.

Not so long ago December 8, the feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, a day when schools were closed, was the start of Christmas for most people. There were not the long gruelling hours of late-night shopping that are par for the course today. Perhaps in the final days before Christmas, most shops would open late; but generally in the weeks leading up to December 25, it was the normal week’s opening times. Believe it or not, everyone got their shopping done.

DESPITE THE general perception that the massive advances in technology threaten the future of the printed book, the parallel growth in the number of new publications would suggest the contrary.