Discover lots of arts and culture events this autumn. Tá a lán imeachtaí ealaín agus cultúr ar siúl an fómhar seo. Féile Ealaíon an Chlocháin -Clifden Arts Festival Méan Fómhar/September 13-24 Now in it’s 46th year the festival is packed […]
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Ar thóir seoda ealaíne an samhradh seo – In search of art treasures this summer ? Here’s a list of Summer Art Exhibition in Connemara and the Islands to capture your imagination! Another way to help you escape the summer showers.Tá saibhreas samhlaíochta sna taispeántais ealaíne atá ar siúl an samhradh seo i gConamara agus
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Anyone remember the seanfhocal from your school days? Ní hé lá na báistí lá na bpáistí. (The rainy day is not the day for children.) Sometimes it rains in West but if the rain is coming down ‘splish splash in a Galway fashion’ all is not lost. Don’t let the rain dampen your spirits. There
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Connemara Astronomy Club and Connemara Dark Skies are delighted to announce that the final speaker of the 2022/2023 season is Georgia McMillan, Mayo Dark Sky Park / University of Galway with her talk – Dark Matters, ATU Connemara, Letterfrack (H91 AH5K), 23rd May @ 7.30 pm. Mayo Dark Skies In her talk, Georgia will examine
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This Bank Holiday weekend, Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta returns for the first time since 2019. The annual inter-Gaeltacht Gaelic Football tournament takes place from June 3rd-6th in Cumann Peile Naomh Anna club grounds in Leitir Móir, Connemara.
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Connemara Dark Skies is a recently formed group of individuals living in different parts of Connemara, who all have an interest in preserving the magic and beauty of the night skies that we are lucky enough to see here on a regular basis The west coast of Ireland is one of the places left in
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23rd – 24th Oct 2021 This great festival has been designed to suit all levels of walkers from casual low level walks to the more experienced! Each day there is a choice of at least 3 walks from strenuous to low level. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Connemara
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The sixteenth edition of Culture Night will take place on Friday 17 September 2021. Culture Night / Oíche Chultúir is brought to you by the Arts Council; it is a national moment, celebrating all that makes up the richness and diversity of culture in Ireland today, connecting people to cultural activities locally and nationally and
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The annual Inishbofin Walking Festival usually takes place in April/May but this year it is scheduled for the weekend of September 10th to 12th in the hope that things will be a little back to ‘normal’ by then! The Walking Festival is a beautiful chance to roam Inishbofin, take in stunning Atlantic coast scenery and rich
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The walled garden in Ballynahinch Castle undertook a complete restoration process in early 2017. During this restoration the walls, due to poor structural integrity, were knocked and completely rebuilt reusing the original stone, this process took approximately 6 months. The result today is a testament to skill and craftmanship of those stonemasons. View this post
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