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Bel Canto singers are holding a charity concert for Galway Speeders in St Nicholas’ church this Saturday, November 22, at 8pm.

Galway’s rich medieval landscape will once again echo with the footsteps of history this August, as the 2025 International Mannion Clan Gathering returns with a vibrant three-day programme celebrating the storied legacy of the ancient Ó Mainnín—or Mannion—Clan of East Galway. Set to take place from Friday 15th to Sunday 17th August, this twelfth annual reunion will see attendees from across Ireland and the wider global diaspora—including the United States, Canada, Australia, Latvia, and England—gathering to honour their roots and explore their shared heritage.

The Tenth Annual International Gathering of the Mannion Clan is scheduled to take place in the Clan’s ancestral village of Menlough in East Galway on the weekend of Friday to Sunday August 11-13, at the beginning of National Heritage Week 2023.

The Ninth Annual International Gathering of the Mannion Clan is scheduled to take place in the clan’s ancestral village of Menlough in East Galway on the weekend of Friday August 12 to Sunday August 14, as National Heritage Week 2022 gets under way.

The Galway Advertiser is delighted to present Cherish the Ladies at The Town Hall Theatre, Galway on June 24th, 2022.

The all-woman Celtic supergroup Cherish the Ladies has been wowing audiences around the world with a mix of traditional music, song, and dance for nearly four decades. Like most performers, the members are emerging from a quiet few years as the Covid-19 pandemic put paid to live performances, but now the ladies are keen to get back on the road, starting with an all-star line-up in the Town Hall Theatre in Galway later this month. Here, band leader and champion flutist and whistle player Joanie Madden talks about the history of the group, how they weathered the pandemic, and what the audience can look forward to at their upcoming Galway concert.

Roscommon Arts Centre has just launched its autumn/winter programme and it certainly does not disappoint! With the new building now open, patrons can look forward to an extended programme of events that includes a host of classes in the new workshop space.

Nestled amid the cluster of arts and crafts enterprises to be found around the small courtyard of The Forge, in New Road, is the workshop of Cathal Johnson, player and repairer of harmonicas.