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The ancestral village of Menlough, East Galway, will once again become the focal point for the global Mannion diaspora when it hosts the Thirteenth Annual International Mannion Clan Gathering from Friday, 14 August to Sunday, 16 August 2026. Coinciding with the opening of National Heritage Week, the three-day celebration promises a rich programme of history, culture, genealogy and traditional Irish heritage.

The Grand Old Dame of Eyre Square will finally undergo a €1.2 million facelift on her most unappealing side.

This hour-long show was the perfect length. It was a mix of old fan favorites - gags familiar to anyone who has seen their Swines tour, and brand new songs and skits. Roscommon received the usual amount of hate.

This hour-long show was the perfect length. It was a mix of old fan favorites – gags familiar to anyone who has seen their Swines tour, and brand new songs and skits. Roscommon received the usual amount of hate.

The 49th Clifden Arts Festival returns to Connemara from September 17 to 27 with an ambitious programme of music, literature, visual arts, theatre, film and ideas under the theme ‘OPEN – A Festival of Welcome, Encounter and Possibility’.

A new exhibition, Survivor Stories: Tuam and Ireland's Institutional Past, which opened yesterday (Wednesday) in Galway City Museum, is the first dedicated museum installation to focus on Mother and Baby institutions and their impact on Irish society.

In association with Music for Galway, Ireland’s largest professional orchestra will perform Shaun Davey’s epic The Brendan Voyage, and Dvo?ák’s monumental ‘New World’ Symphony - one of the great symphonic showpieces.

Galway City Museum will hold its special Winter Talk Series at Westside Resource Centre (H19 C1KX), running from November 2025 to March 2026. Developed in response to community interest, the series offers an engaging mix of folklore, local history, built heritage, and environmental storytelling to brighten the darker months.

What's Next For The Left? will be chaired by former University of Galway historian, John Cunningham, and is open to the public

James Hardiman, who wrote the history of Galway, died on this day, November 13, 1855. He was born in Westport in 1782, the son of Tomás Ó hArgadáin and Marcella Hall. Irish was his first language. The family moved to Galway where his father had a ‘small but respectable shop’. He had hoped to study for the priesthood but he had to give up that idea when he lost his right eye in an accident. He studied law instead in the King’s Inns in 1804, became a solicitor in 1814 and worked in the Public Records Office from 1811-1830.