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A prime four-bedroom residence in the heart of historic Galway, No 7 Bowling Green presents a rare opportunity to acquire a charming four bedroom, two storey terraced residence with established yard, situated in one of Galway's most sought-after and historic city centre locations.

Tony O’Dwyer’s new poetry collection Waiting for the Mason will be launched this Friday, July 10, at 6pm, in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop.

A walking tour and a Ulysses-inspired brunch are among the events taking place in Galway city next week during a day-long celebration of James Joyce and his Galway-born wife and muse, Nora Barnacle.

Galway City Council is bringing the city’s architectural heritage into the spotlight this April, with a new initiative showcasing buildings from Galway’s ‘Record of Protected Structures’ on 15 high profile road signs coming into the city.

In a world first, the voice of James Joyce will be heard once more, reading a specially crafted poem in honour of his muse and wife, Nora Barnacle.

It was one of those Galway nights that you would see frozen forever on an arts festival poster, the moon with a crook sharp enough for someone to sit in and drop a fishing line down to the bay below. Flares erupted over near the harbour. Fireworks launched from the roof of the fancy hotel.

Following a Special Council Meeting on Monday 22 April 2024, Galway City Council has officially named the first bridge to span the Corrib in over 30 years, as ‘Droichead an Dóchais’.

The President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins, unveiled a plaque recognising writer James Joyce's connection with Galway last week.

On a late August afternoon my friend John Hill drove me across the city of Zurich, climbing the suburban heights until we stopped at the gates of Fluntern Cemetery. We walked up the last incline to where, among the trees and billard-table lawns, we saw the Joyces’ grave. There was no mistaking it. Just above the grave is the Giacometti-like sculpture of the writer himself, the work of American artist Milton Hebald. There James Joyce sits, in characteristic pose, deep in conversation, head tilted, one leg resting on the other knee, cigarette poised, his slim cane delicately balanced. Someone once remarked that he held his cane like a musical instrument.

A thrilling new adaptation of James Joyce's, Penelope Chapter, “Yes! Reflections of Molly Bloom”, is set to come to the Town Hall Theatre on May 30.