Galway In Days Gone By
1917
Britain’s best pickpocket
As a well-groomed man was entering a first-class carriage of the mail train at Galway station last evening, a plain clothes constable tipped him on the shoulder and handed him over to...
Defender of rights
Lifestyle - Galway woman Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, who has devoted her career to promoting people’s rights all over the globe, has been appointed to a new position by the United Nations. Judy Murphy tells...
Hoping for drier and calmer times as the harvest looms
A two-week break down on the farm and in the heathery hollows of the bog has officially brought the curtain down on the summer season for me with the Galway Races by now nearly...
Macnas warming up for annual Halloween parade
Macnas Theatre Company is one of Galway’s real treasures, a creative company that has reimagined itself in recent years under the artistic directorship of Noeline Kavanagh. Its talented members will take to the city’s...
Magic Days as Jack Lukeman returns for city show
Jack L bring his distinctive voice to Róisín Dubh on Friday next, August 25. Since he made his debut with The Black Romantics in 1995, Jack Lukeman has gone to forge a solo career...
Festival Orchestra tunes up for two city performances
The Esker Festival Orchestra will give two performances in Galway next week as it prepares to embark on its fourth annual festival and national tour.
For the tour, 65 Irish and international emerging young professional...