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Start the Christmas season in style with your family this year at the National Museum of Ireland - Country Life. The first ever Christmas open day takes place at the museum on Saturday December 13 from 11am to 5pm. Fun and entertainment is guaranteed for everyone in the family, and best of all, entry is absolutely free. Mums and dads will love the Christmas food fair, children will flock to Santa Claus and seasonal carol singing creates a traditional atmosphere everyone will appreciate. Their ever-popular educational workshops have a festive theme and the museum galleries will have a special Christmas display. The magical setting of Turlough Park was just made for festive celebrations so it’s going to be a very special day for everyone.

As one of your New Year’s resolutions make sure you sign up for this year’s Croagh Patrick Challenge which raises funds for children with autism in Mayo.

For the second year running, Mid West Radio’s Tommy Marren Show will broadcast live from the foyer of Mayo General Hospital on Thursday December 18 between 9am and 11am.

While many of the legends about St Patrick are well known, such as his banishing snakes from Ireland, it is less well known that he wrote an autobiography.

THE FIRST Lady of the Wild West, Calamity Jane, will be celebrated in Galway next month when The Patrician Musical Society stage Calamity Jane in the Town Hall Theatre.

From the edge of fiery volcanoes to the quiet, contemplative Sheela Na Gig, Carmel Mooney’s brilliantly vibrant artworks are as enticing as they are breathtaking.

Since 1998, the Guinness Kilkenny Rhythm and Roots Festival has attracted some of the finest names in the Americana canon; acts like Calexico, Giant Sand, Ryan Adams, Alejandro Escovedo, Mark Eitzel, Guy Clark, Ray La Montagne, Richmond Fontaine, Rodney Crowell...the list is very long, and these are but a few names who have been drawn to the magnet of the Marble City Mardi Gras in the past.

A Kilkenny Circuit Court jury returned a unanimous guilty verdict this week in what was described as “a most unusual dangerous driving case”.

Chapterhouse Theatre Company’s very special tenth anniversary season of open-air theatre visits Kilkenny this weekend with a very special production of Cinderella.