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This is the time of year when parents are preparing to get their children ready for going back to school, when the kids are feeling sorry for themselves, and their days of carefree freedom in the sunshine are coming to an end.

Music lovers are in for a treat next Sunday, August 3, as the historic Claregalway Castle opens its doors for an enchanting evening of opera at the Summer Salon Concert. The event will feature two exceptional sopranos, Helen Hancock and Anna Rose Marshall, in a programme that spans from the Baroque to the Romantic era.

On this day, 50 years ago, Druid Theatre Company opened their first production, ‘The Playboy of the Western World’ in the Jesuit Hall on Sea Road. The following evening they staged “It’s a two foot six inches above the Ground World” and on the third night it was “The Loves of Cass Maguire”. It was an ambitious beginning.

In the verdant heart of County Galway, where literature, nature, and history intertwine, one man has quietly brought a once-lost treasure back to life. This weekend, the newly restored mill wheel at Thoor Ballylee will turn once more—its rhythmic motion a tribute not only to centuries past, but also to the present dedication of Eugene Murphy, the driving force behind a years-long restoration effort that has captured the spirit of local resilience and community.

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It was one of those Galway nights that you would see frozen forever on an arts festival poster, the moon with a crook sharp enough for someone to sit in and drop a fishing line down to the bay below. Flares erupted over near the harbour. Fireworks launched from the roof of the fancy hotel.

A traditional icon, commissioned by Galway Advertiser founder Ronnie O’Gorman who passed away in May, was consecrated on Friday night on the feast of St Nicholas, at the Patronal Vespers at St Nicholas Collegiate Church.

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Tony Award-winner, Garry Hynes, Druid Theatre’s Co-Founder and Artistic Director, will talk about the inspiration Lady Gregory provided to stage live theatre in the extensive rural tour of Druid:Gregory.