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THE GIVEN Note: Traditional Music and Irish Poetry (Cambridge Scholars Publishing) by Seán Crosson is a substantial book begun as part of Crosson’s research for his doctoral dissertation at the Centre for Irish Studies in NUI, Galway.

Fáilte Ireland officially launched its newly-revitalised Yeats Passport Trail — which takes in three sites in south Galway — at an event at Sligo City Hall this week. The event coincided with the 70th anniversary of the death of William Butler Yeats on January 28 1939. The trail was officially launched by another Nobel laureate, the renowned poet Seamus Heaney.

SLOWLY BUT surely the men and women e writings made Ireland one of the greater global cultural centres from the 1960s to the 1990s are gradually passing on.

JOSEPH O’CONNOR, Colm Toibín, and singer-songwriter John Spillane will all be appearing at this year’s Cúirt International Festival of Literature, which takes place from April 21 to 26.

TOMMY TIERNAN will launch the literary journal ROPES Unravelled, as part of the Cúirt International Festival of Literature in the Town Hall on Thursday April 23 at 5pm.

FILM MAKER Pat Collins, who spent a number of years in Galway, will be celebrated at this year’s Cúirt International Festival of Literature, with screenings of some of his acclaimed documentary films on Irish writers.

Half Asleep: Julia Pallone exhibition at Ballina Arts Centre

Throughout the month of June, Ballina Arts Centre will host Half Asleep, an exhibition by multi-disciplinary artist, Julia Pallone. Through a variety of means, such as drawing, photography and installations, she explores a poetic vision of the world, a vision which is fragile and vulnerable.

This Thursday June 18 starting at 8pm, Ballina Arts Centre will present An Evening with Great Irish Writers.

THE ROMAN Catholics of Northern Ireland have very little to thank British governments for, except a piece of legislation, which would help empower a generation to speak out against discrimination of Catholics in Ulster.