Galway County Biodiversity Office Happy National Biodiversity Week 2024! The opening event of our programme will see John Lusby from Biodiversity Ireland give a talk on the Breeding Birds of Connemara in the Community Centre in Roundstone. You will hear Read more…
On this day, 16 May, we celebrate the Feast Day of St. Brendan. By Ian Brophy, Dúchas na Gaillimhe Brendan was born during the Middle Ages in 484 A.D.in Co. Kerry. He was baptised near Ardfert,Co. Kerry by Bishop Erc. Read more…
By Ian Brophy, Galway Civic Trust On this day, 23 April, 1937, a Salmon was caught in the traps on the Galway Fishery. This specimen fish weighed in at 43 lbs, was 4 ft in length and 27 Read more…
dominicansisters.com To celebrate the 800th anniversary of the arrival of Dominicans in Ireland, the Dominican sisters and friars of Galway have organised a series of talks on various aspects of the Dominican story in the West of Ireland. Do come Read more…
Galway County Council Galway County Council are thrilled to announce The Hare’s Corner funding scheme to support landowners and community groups across County Galway in undertaking nature-positive measures on their lands. This will be a hugely popular scheme and it Read more…
BY HANNAH MARTIN Galway Advertiser Fri, Mar 15, 2024 Galway’s Blue Teapot Theatre Company will represent Ireland at the BAFTA qualifying Oska Bright Film Festival (UK ), screening three self-produced films on St. Patrick’s Day, Sunday March 17, as Read more…
On this day, Isabella Augusta Persse was born. She was born into wealth, her family being the wealthy Persse family, the distillers of Persse’s Galway whiskey. She was the 12th of 16 children. She received her education at home, where Read more…
Irish Dominicans The Claddagh in Galway City is an iconic neighbourhood, rich in history. For many centuries it was home to a large fishing community, whose story is intimately connected with that of the Dominican priory of St Mary on Read more…
On this day, or thereabouts, Patrick Conroy was born. ‘ Much folklore surrounds his life and his biographers have encountered difficulty in establishing certain facts about him ‘; this is a quote from the Dictionary of Irish Biography. There appears Read more…
GalwayEarlyMusic1996 Captain Moreno has just arrived in Galway (his favourite city) with a load of wine. He invites you, his fellow sailor, to see a bit of the city. As you walk around the city, you hear music that Read more…