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Cathaoirleach of Mayo County Council, Cllr Damien Ryan, is to officially open a new exhibition of work, entitled Onwards, at the café in the Museum of Country Life, Turlough, on Thursday next (October 2) at 11.30am.

Go along to Culture Night tonight, September 19, in Ballycroy National Park Visitor Centre for an edifying treat between 8pm and 9.30pm, for a reading from WH Maxwell’s Wild Sports of the West, James Gilvarry’s talk on local history and folklore, and music and dancing by The Ballycroy Strawboys along with Irish dancers.

It has been 20 years since Riverdance burst onto the stage as the interval act at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994, prompting the whole world to sit up and take notice (and fall in love with) the power and beauty of Irish music and dance.

A special donkey day is taking place at the grounds of the Museum of Country Life, Turlough, tomorrow (Saturday) from 12 noon to 4 pm.

Claremorris ballad singer Delia Murphy, of ‘The Spinning Wheel’ fame, will be remembered tomorrow in the Museum of Country Life, Turlough, to launch National Heritage Week at the museum.

When she was 10 years old, Patricia Overton watched in fascination as her mother’s nimble fingers manouvered a crochet hook, weaving together the delicate strands of a baby’s christening shawl.

Mayo’s talented and crafy designers and producers are holding their summer expo on Saturday and Sunday, August 2 and 3, in the Museum of Country Life, Turlough.

The Museum of Country Life in Turlough recorded just shy of 100,000 visitors in 2013, according to figures released this week by Fáilte Ireland.

An exhibition charting the history of law and order in Ireland is opening in the Museum of Country Life, Turlough, on Saturday (June 14).

Happy snappers are being called to put themselves in the frame to win a photography competition in the build-up to the Féile na Tuaithe festival.