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Galway County Council and the Irish Workhouse Centre have announced a comprehensive programme of events in the lead up to the 2026 National Famine Commemoration, taking place at the Irish Workhouse Centre on Sunday, 17 May. The Community Programme is created with support from the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport.

A new bi-lingual book exploring the rich history and enduring legacy of policing in Galway has been launched at the Garda North Western Regional HQ in Murrough, Galway.

The Heritage Council has launched the 2026 Community Heritage Grant Scheme and is inviting applications from community organisations throughout Galway.

Galway County Council’s innovative StoryMaps project, which has digitised the heritage of communities across Galway into interactive online experiences, has been named a category winner at the 2025 Ireland eGovernment Awards.

An event on ‘Finding Galway families in the Virtual Record Treasury’ by Dr Ciarán Wallace, Co-Director, Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland, Department of History, Trinity College, Dublin will be held in the Council Chamber, Áras an Chontae, Galway County Council, Prospect Hill, Galway on Wednesday next.

Galway’s rich medieval landscape will once again echo with the footsteps of history this August, as the 2025 International Mannion Clan Gathering returns with a vibrant three-day programme celebrating the storied legacy of the ancient Ó Mainnín—or Mannion—Clan of East Galway. Set to take place from Friday 15th to Sunday 17th August, this twelfth annual reunion will see attendees from across Ireland and the wider global diaspora—including the United States, Canada, Australia, Latvia, and England—gathering to honour their roots and explore their shared heritage.

Galway County Council has officially launched an ambitious new strategy aimed at protecting and enhancing the county’s unique natural, built, and cultural heritage. The Galway County Heritage and Biodiversity Plan 2024–2030 was unveiled at the Marine Institute in Rinville on Tuesday, marking a significant step in the county’s approach to climate action and sustainable community development.

Esri Ireland, the market leader in geographic information systems (GIS), has announced that Galway County Council has digitally mapped over 25,000 memorials, monuments, and gravestones using Esri’s ArcGIS system.

The Roundstone Community Centre buzzed with excitement last week as it hosted the Roundstone’s Hidden Heritage 1824 - 2024 Conference, an event that saw people from all parts of the county and the local community gather in remarkable numbers to celebrate a significant bicentennial milestone.

A conference commemorating Alexander Nimmo’s founding of Roundstone and Hely Dutton’s Statistical Survey of Galway will be held next week. The event on Wednesday July 24 at Roundstone Community Centre, Roundstone, Co. Galway H91 C99W is titled Roundstone’s Hidden Heritage, 1824-2024.