By Ian Brophy On this day, 23 June, St. John’s Eve; the fishermen of the Claddagh village elected their ‘King’ each year. The Claddagh people would celebrate the election of their ‘King’ by parading through the town preceded by men carrying bundles of reeds tied to the ends of poles which Read more…
By Ian Brophy On this day, 15 June, 1919, a plane landed in a bog outside Clifden, Co. Galway. It sluggishly came to a stop, up-ended, and took a nose-dive. This most inhospitable, barren landscape – Derrigimlagh Bog – was already the home of the first transatlantic wireless station. Read more…
Musical Trail with Galeon Ensemble, Galway City, Saturday 1st June Musical Trail with Galeon Ensemble as they meandered the medieval streets of Galway, filling the air with the sounds of the European Renaissance on Saturday 1st June 😍🎼 Complete with traditional costume and multiple instruments, welcome this talented Ukrainian musical Read more…
Join us for a Musical Trail with Galeon Ensemble as they meander the medieval streets of Galway, filling the air with the sounds of the European Renaissance on Saturday 1st June Complete with traditional costume and multiple instruments, welcome this talented Ukrainian musical duo in their first performance here at Read more…
Photographs of our medieval costumed visitors celebrating St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church Summer Fete, after their opening at St Nicholas they paid us a visit here at the Hall of the Red Earl on Saturday morning, June 10th 2023.