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Galway Civic Trust/Dúchas na Gaillimhe has announced that the exhibition room at the Hall of the Red Earl, Custom House, Druid Lane, will be officially renamed the Peadar O’Dowd Gallery during a special public ceremony tomorrow (Friday).

Galway Civic Trust/Dúchas na Gaillimhe has announced that the exhibition room at the Hall of the Red Earl, Custom House, Druid Lane, will be officially renamed the Peadar O’Dowd Gallery during a special public ceremony tomorrow (Friday).

A familiar story, unfortunately. For the second year running, Galway’s footballers were struck down by white-line fever with victory seemingly within their grasp in Croke Park.

Galway City Museum has been awarded a grant of almost €26,000 under the Heritage Council’s 2026 Heritage Stewardship Fund to support the digitisation of the William Henry and John Monahan Collection.

Aontú candidate in Galway West Orla Nugent has pledged her support for the campaign for a long-awaited new school building for St Joseph's College, 'The Bish'.

Survival but no finals or silverware. That’s the bottom line for Galway’s two flagship GAA teams after their National League campaigns wrapped up last weekend.

Life on Inis Meáin has always been shaped by nature - located in the middle of the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland, it is the quietest of the islands.

The Naomh Éanna was a cargo ship used as the primary mode of transport for the people of the Aran Islands from the summer of 1958 until its decommissioning in 1986.

Galway’s historic Druid Lane will come alive with voices, music, and stories on Saturday, August 23 as the city gathers to honour the life and legacy of Peadar O’Dowd, the beloved historian, author, and champion of Galway’s heritage.

Galway has always been a city of stories—tales whispered through stone walls, sung across the bay, and told beside fire and pub counter. But few told them as lovingly and thoroughly as Peadar O’Dowd. Historian, teacher, author, environmentalist, tour guide, columnist, and tireless ambassador for Galway’s past, Peadar passed away on January 4, 2024, leaving behind a city immeasurably richer for his life’s work and immeasurably poorer in his absence.