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Kenny's Bookshop and Gallery at 80

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On a day in October 1936, a young woman, Maureen Canning, from Mohill, County Leitrim, left her digs in Lower Salthill and began to walk, for the first time, to what was then University College Galway.

Winter Pride events this weekend

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PRIDE TAKES place in August, but does it have to only take place then? Galway Community Pride think not and will hold the city's first 'Winter Pride', tomorrow and Saturday.

Number of events coming up for A Voice for John

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John Gayer is a 55-year-old veterinary surgeon who lives with his wife Miriam and three children in Mayo, Ireland.

Mayo Pride Parade is another important step in our history

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I was very disappointed to have missed the first Mayo Pride Parade in Castlebar on Saturday July22. I was out of the country but as soon as I got back I read the local papers' reports and contacted Mick Baynes, one of the event organisers, to get another view of what by all accounts was a well-attended day of good spirited solidarity. It is not that long ago when even the thought of such a colourful Pride parade through the county capital's streets would have met weighty and vociferous opposition. 

Galway Community Pride festival fundraiser to be held next week

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AHEAD OF August’s Galway Community Pride celebrations, a bingo fundraiser, with cash prizes, music, and entertainment, will take place in Nova, the West End, on Wednesday May 17.

Success for city and county at Pride of Place awards

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At the annual Pride of Place Awards Ceremony on Saturday last, three organisations from Galway picked up top awards - one in the main competition with another two in the cities competition.

The Rumours are true - Roscommon Drama Group are back with a bang!

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Roscommon Drama Group are taking to the stage once more at Roscommon Arts Centre with their production of Neil Simon’s Rumors on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, November 24-26 at 8pm nightly.

Theatre review: Disco Pigs (Town Hall)

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TWENTY YEARS to the day after its premiere, Enda Walsh’s iconic play Disco Pigs arrived at the Town Hall this week in a new production jointly staged by Reading Rep and Nick Thompson Productions from London. The show was helmed by Cathal Cleary, who was formerly based in Galway, and is now making his way successfully as an up and coming director in London.

Silent Disco Street Party returns this weekend

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BEAT ON the street! Bop ‘till you drop! Sing ‘till you’re hoarse to the ripest musical fromage imaginable! It can only be, what is now referred to as, the "world famous" Silent Disco Street Party, and it is back this Sunday from 8pm.

Silent Disco Street Party

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BEAT ON the street! Bop ‘till you drop! Sing ‘til you’re hoarse to the ripest musical fromage imaginable! It can only be the Silent Disco Street Party on Monday August 1 from 8pm.

 

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