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Galway Public Libraries is honoured to announce the donation of the Peadar O’Dowd Collection, comprising 110 original drawings of archaeological and historical monuments and sites from Galway city and county, together with sketchbooks, notebooks and related material documenting decades of heritage research and interpretation.

Culture Night is not just for latte sippers in town with notions, but also celebrates modern, rural Ireland - this year most noticeably in Ballinasloe with a unique rumble of machinery beating the background rhythms to agricultural life.

Young artists from Galway and The Netherlands are to perform at the Mall Theatre in Tuam for Culture Night on Friday, September 18.

Volunteers in Portumna and Tuam have put their communities in the spotlight during a two-day judging visit for the IPB Pride of Place competition. Pride of Place adjudicators Tom Dowling and Peter Hynes visited Portumna on Monday before travelling to Tuam on Tuesday, where they met volunteers, community groups, young people and local organisations.

Opening July 17 at 7pm, the new show is titled Túath, the old Irish word from Brehon law era, meaning territory as well as the people who live there. Three Connacht-based artists will explore the shifting dynamics between person and place with their own questions, influences, and materials.

The Galway Races set the tone for their highly anticipated Summer Festival with a vibrant annual launch party at The Earl Inn in Kiltullagh, which proved an especially fitting venue, as it is owned by the Earls family, who also celebrated racing success with last year’s Guinness Galway Hurdle winner, Ndaawi, adding an extra layer of significance to the occasion.

The Galway Races set the tone for their highly anticipated Summer Festival with a vibrant annual launch party at The Earl Inn in Kiltullagh, which proved an especially fitting venue, as it is owned by the Earls family, who also celebrated racing success with last year’s Guinness Galway Hurdle winner, Ndaawi, adding an extra layer of significance to the occasion.

Galway County Council has insisted that there has been no comment in over a decade about the statue of Cú Chulainn in Athenry that was slammed by an art expert for having “man boobs” in last week’s Advertiser.

From Monday June 15 to Sunday June 21 2026, communities and organisations across Galway City and County will come together to mark International Men’s Health Week 2026.

The third annual celebration of the Arts in the Eastside of the city through the Eastside Arts Festival will run from May 7-9.