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More than 500 students, faculty, and staff of Semester at Sea® (SAS), the nation’s premier shipboard programme for study abroad, will arrive in Galway at 8:00 am on 31 August for a one day exploration of Galway before also docking in Dublin. Ireland is the first country on the academic voyage itinerary. Sarah Cosgrove, a student from the National University of Ireland (NUI) Galway joined the shipboard community in Halifax where embarkation took place on 23 August. All participants are traveling aboard the MV Explorer, a state-of-the-art passenger ship that Semester at Sea has outfitted as a traveling university.

On the eve of taking up a world prestigious position no one had such a baptism of fire as Lord Michael Killanin in September 1972. He was to succeed the autocratic Avery Brundage as president of the International Olympic Committee, and was regarded as a breath of fresh air.

The annual summer classical music festival in Bofeenaun church is back for its eighth successive year. On Saturday July 14 and Monday July 17, a group of outstanding classical musicians will again be filling this beautiful church, set against the dramatic backdrop of Nephin Mountain, with a blend of familiar and less familiar pieces, introduced, as always, with their trademark humour and insight. Once again, there is huge demand for tickets, so order yours early!

The annual summer classical music festival in Bofeenaun church is back for its eighth successive year. On Saturday July 14 and Monday July 16, a group of outstanding classical musicians will again be filling this beautiful church, set against the dramatic backdrop of Nephin Mountain, with a blend of familiar and less familiar pieces, introduced, as always, with their trademark humour and insight. Once again, there is huge demand for tickets, so order yours early!

Team Hope has issued a big thank you to the people of Kilkenny, where some 3,760 Christmas shoeboxes were collected for this year’s shoebox appeal.

If you are thinking of filling a shoebox and times are tight, you can still help those who have less, even on a shoestring. There are 27,064 households/ families living in County Westmeath so Westmeath can really make a difference if every family donated one shoebox.

Times are tight, but you can still help those who have less – even on a shoestring – by filling a shoe box this Christmas.

THE LEGENDARY folk singer Peggy Seeger plays The Crane Bar, Sea Road, on Friday October 14 at 9pm.

The annual summer classical music festival in Bofeenaun church is a must for the music lover. On Saturday July 16 and Monday July 18, a group of outstanding classical musicians will again be filling this beautiful church, set against the dramatic backdrop of Nephin Mountain, with a blend of familiar and less familiar pieces, introduced, as always, with their trademark humour and insight.

Summer music in Bofeenaun