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Funding. That is the one word that haunts the majority of theatre practitioners in Ireland. This is primarily because, without it, a professional production is nigh impossible. Saying that, there are still a few brave souls willing to roll the dice without The Arts Council’s support.

By William Shakespeare

In the senior final, Maigh Cuilinn defeated the most successful team in InterClub history, Kells from County Meath. They became the first Galway team and only the third team from Connacht since the inaugural championship in 1969.

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.

Galway City Council chief executive, Leonard Cleary, and staff from economic development/tourism attended the Latin Quarter business association AGM, to discuss opportunities for collaboration and growth in this vibrant and dynamic part of Galway city centre.

After a 50th birthday double performance of Shakespeare and Synge in its home town of Galway this summer, Druid Theatre will tour two more anniversary plays by Beckett and The Bard to Dublin and New York.

There is nothing as innocent as the process of passion that drags you on the path to whatever you choose to do in life. The excitement of eking out a wage, of convincing yourself that people will want to consume what you produce is common across all occupations.