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After attracting huge crowds at this summer’s Electric Picnic, Traditional Irish music band The Wolfe Tones have announced a show in Galway Airport as part of the Galway Summer Sessions on Friday, August 23, 2024.

“We were led to believe that from St Patrick to the Book of Kells was this highpoint of Irish history; that after the Vikings and Normans invaded it was all shite and misery until Packie Bonner saved that goal at Italia ‘90. But there were a few good bits in-between, and even though our good bits were epic failures, comedy can be a great pathway to tackle these deadly serious topics.”

In 2019, Eamon Ryan TD suggested reintroducing wolves in rural areas. With wild open spaces, forests, mountains, and a plentiful supply of livestock, Mayo would seem to offer an ideal habitat.

One of the most intriguing pieces of theatrical memorabilia in Galway is the poster for two plays, Douglas and All the World’s a Stage, to be performed at Richard Martin’s theatre, Kirwan’s Lane, on Friday August 8 1783. The playbill shows the cast with included Martin himself, his wife Eliza (Elizabeth Vessey) and Theobald Wolfe Tone, who would become Ireland’s famous revolutionary, associated with the French inspired 1798 rebellion.