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A tragedy that devastated the island community of Achill almost 80 years ago has moved Killala-based bestselling author Kate Kerrigan to examine love and loss in her newest novel.

We know from the old sliotars on exhibition in the folk museum in Turlough near Castlebar that the game of hurling has been played for many centuries, but what of the game of camogie? Two prominent Irish language enthusiasts and cultural nationalists, Máire Ní Chinnéide and Cáit Ni Dhonchadha, were credited with having created the sport while a brother of Cáit, Tadg, was the person who drew up the rules in 1903. So there was always a male presence within the administrative ranks of the sport. The game emanated from the Gaelic League and was dependent on the structures and networks provided by that organisation during the initial expansion of the sport. It was also closely linked with the GAA.

NUI Galway will host the 52nd annual Irish Science Teachers’ Association Conference on Friday and Saturday.

A GREAT night of song is in store for Galway when The Three Tenors return to the Town Hall Theatre on Saturday January 25 at 8pm.

THE WHY Not? Adventure Film Festival is taking place in An Taibhdhearc, Middle Street, on Saturday November 30 from 7pm to 10pm.

TOM CHAPIN, the three-time Grammy award winning singer-songwriter, is making a welcome return to County Galway and the Baboró International Children’s Festival.

This year’s Galway International Oyster and Seafood Festival will feature a series of fabulous food demos from a host of culinary experts.

GLEN HANSARD is coming back to Galway to play the Town Hall Theatre as part of his October Solo Tour.

A Cork-based freelance journalist has apologised for mistakingly describing Irish President Michael D Higgins as an “acknowledged homosexual” in an article written for US business magazine, Forbes.

DES KEOGH returns to the Town Hall Theatre with his award winning stage show The Love Hungry Farmer on Friday July 5 and Saturday 6 at 8pm.