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Traditional music band, Shaskeen, has been a cornerstone of Irish Traditional music and song for over half a century and show no signs of slowing down, ahead of their appearance in the Town Hall Theatre on June 10 as part of Advertiser Events, we look back through various publications that have covered the group's long history.

There is historical evidence to show that the Jesuits were already in the city in the early 1600s, combining the work of ministry and education. In 1645, the Order set up their first college in Galway on Lower Abbeygate Street, where Powell’s shop is today. They were forced to leave the city by the Cromwellians, but they came back. They were forced to leave the city by the Williamites, but they came back. They had to close their Galway residence in 1768 due to a lack of manpower but they were persistent and came back again, and in 1859 they took over a house on Prospect Hill and the following year, set up a college in Eyre Square.

Fr Ambrose McNamee O.C.D. recently celebrated his 100th birthday when a Mass of celebration was held in the Carmelite Abbey Loughrea followed by dinner in The Lough Rea Hotel & Spa.

Written and directed by Aisling Smith, and performed by Laura Whelan, OCD Me is a one-woman play about living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

Roscommon Arts Centre unveils a new exhibition in their gallery (tomorrow, Friday, April 14) entitled Hashtag WIP curated by Naomi Draper.

The O’Shaughnessy Distilling Co (OSDC), a family-owned distillery located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, recently announced distribution of Keeper’s Heart Irish American Whiskey into Ireland, the first availability for the award-winning beverage outside the United States.

Why do girls give up sport?

By the end of January 1923 the Irish Free State had executed 34 anti-Treaty republican prisoners. To put this figure into context, the British authorities executed 24 Irish prisoners between November 1920 and June 1921 during the War of Independence. The fledgling Irish Free State was determined to put-down the rebellion by a small but deadly anti-Treaty force, led with fierce determination, by Liam Lynch.

St Marys Church Headford/Claran in collaboration with Talitha Cumi Unnathi (little girl arise), India, is hosting a raffle to help raise funds for the work being done by the organisation.

Athlone native and Bishop of Galway, Michael Duignan, has paid tribute to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI who will be laid to rest in Rome on Thursday last.