Fri 23 Aug 2024 16:00 – 16:45 The Mick Lally Theatre, H91 N5X9 Na Lochlannaigh: Slábhaíocht in Éirínn (Vikings: Slavery in Ireland) Na Lochlannaigh: Slábhaíocht in Éirínn (Vikings: Slavery in Ireland) is a short documentary that looks at an aspect of Irish history when Nordic maritime technology created a culture of raiding Read more…
24 August, 2pm – 4pm 1st Floor, Insight Centre for Data Analytics The Data Science Institute Lower Dangan, Galway H91 AEX4 Co. Galway – City As part of Heritage Week’s 2024 theme of ‘Connections, Routes and Networks’, Galway Civic Trust is conducting a group tour of the Computer and Communications Read more…
23 August, 2pm – 2:45pm The Mick Lally Theatre Druid Ln., Galway H91 N5X9 Co. Galway – City Séagh Mac Siúrdáin, an independent advisor on sustainable seaweed management, introduces the term ‘seaplant’ alongside words like ‘sea spaghetti’ and ‘sea vegetable’. He explains how vital these plants are for the production 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 the Hill… Further learning: John Cunningham, ‘The mayor / admiral Read more…
19 August, 2pm – 4pm Entrance to IDA Galway Business Park, Dangan, Galway 1st Floor, Insight Centre for Data Analytics, The DERI Building, IDA Business Park, Lower Dangan, Galway. H91 AEX4 Co. Galway – City As part of Heritage Week’s 2023 theme of ‘Living Heritage’, Galway Civic Trust is Read more…
To celebrate #WorldBookDay Inland Fisheries Ireland have launched a historical picture book based on the 1902 Cork Collection of Salmon Flies. The collection of flies was commissioned for the Cork International Exhibition of 1902, making them 120 years old this year. Inland Fisheries Ireland has published the book online this Read more…