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The community writing group’s 2027 Write-on Anthology and The Boy in the Bed by Frank Fahy, will be launched at the Clybaun Hotel on Friday, September 18, at 3pm.

William Butler Yeats died in the Hotel Idéal Beauséjoue in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin in France on the January 28, 1939 aged 73. His wife Georgie and himself had often discussed his death, and he told her, “If I die, bury me up there at Roquebrune and in a year’s time when the newspapers have forgotten me, dig me up and plant me in Sligo.” His funeral was a discreet and private affair. His body was later exhumed and removed to the ossuary. Because of the outbreak of the war, it was not possible to bring his coffin back to Ireland for several years.

Má bhíonn mearbhall ort riamh agus tú ag roghnú leabhar Gaeilge sa siopa nó sa leabharlann, tá moladh agam duit. Is maith an treoraí iad na lógónna beaga ciorclacha a bhíonn le feiceáil ar chuid de na leabhair a thugann le fios go raibh an leabhar sin ainmnithe do, nó gur bhuaigh sé, Gradam Foilsitheoireachta an Oireachtais.

It's do or die from now on in for Mayo. That was always going to be the case no matter what happened last weekend against Cork, but from being six points up and looking like they had two feet in the All Ireland quarter-finals proper after topping their group - they ended up in losing by three points and finishing in third place and now have to hit the road this Sunday, rather than having a week's break.

The 2023 Schools Playwright Competition, hosted in conjunction with the RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival Fringe and sponsored by the Athlone Credit Union saw Transition Year students from twelve counties compete for the prestigious award, the winner, Cormac Reilly from Glenamaddy being announced at a ceremony in the Dean Crowe Theatre recently.

TRUE LOVE HURTS - Irish National Opera presents Jules Massenet’s Werther Nationwide tour coming to Town Hall Theatre, Galway – Thursday 27 May 2023

There are plenty of literary treats in-store all round Galway this week for the 38th Cúirt International Festival of Literature, which is on until Sunday April 23.

WHAT IS YOUR EARLIEST MEMORY?

Galway International Arts Festival is inviting businesses and individuals to ‘play a part’ in the festival this July by becoming a Friend of the Festival.

After a challenging few years due to the pandemic, Galway Theatre Festival (GTF) is back and better than ever. The 14th edition of the festival, which runs from April 26 to May 9, marks a new beginning for the arts and theatre community in Galway and beyond. This year's festival theme is a call to explore new perspectives, challenge assumptions, and broaden our understanding of the world.