Larry Reynolds Festival
When: Thursday, 10 September, 2020A weekend of Traditional Irish Music, Culture & Heritage
Ballinasloe (Galway) Galway
Galway Genetic Genealogy Conference 2020
When: Saturday, 2 May, 2020The Galway Genetic Genealogy Conference will be taking place in Mountbellew on Saturday May 2nd 2020
Mountbellew (Galway) Galway
Chronicles Workshop Loughrea
When: Tuesday, 25 February, 2020Your ancestors' stories are too important not to be told. Start telling their tale with the help of the IrelandXO Chronicles
Loughrea (Galway) Galway
“Houses of the Nobility and Gentry” Big Houses of County Galway
When: Monday, 19 August, 2019NUI Galway, Skehana & District Heritage Group Galway and County Council Heritage Service are collaborating on a photographic showcase on Galway Estates as part of Heritage Week, which takes place from 17 to 25 August.
Moylough (Galway) Galway
GALWAY MEDIEVAL EXPERIENCE 2019
When: Saturday, 25 May, 2019Galway Medieval Experience Saturday 25th May 2019 A Day of Medieval Festivities, Fighting and Frolics! Be a Medieval Scribe Workshop Location: Galway City Museum 10.30am to 11.30am
Galway City (Galway) Galway
The Seeds That Grew the Tree - Éamon De Valera
When: Thursday, 21 February, 2019On Thursday next February 21st, at 8.30pm, the Winter Lecture Series, ‘The Seeds That Grew the Tree’, will resume at Screene’s of Guilka, Menlough, Co. Galway, with a talk entitled ‘Éamon De Valera – A Personal Perspective’ to be delivered by his grandson ÉamonÓ’Cuív T.D. Éamon will detail his early memories of his grandfather, his character and personality and his own questioning as a child of his grandmother, Sinéad de Valera (née Flanagan), about the 1916 Easter Rising where he will recall her as a very strong-willed person who was committed to nationalism.
Moylough (Galway) Galway
The Seeds that grew the tree
When: Wednesday, 23 January, 2019On Wednesday January 23rd the Winter Lecture Series, entitled ‘The Seeds that grew the tree’, resumes at Screene’s of Guilka. This talk, ‘A Class Quite Distinct – West of Ireland Herdsmen in the 19th Century’ will offer a fascinating insight into the lives of the individuals many of whom were in the employment of landlords throughout County Galway and indeed many of whose descendants continue to live locally to this day.
Moylough (Galway) Galway
“Seeds that grew the tree” Winter Lecture Series
When: Wednesday, 12 December, 2018The years between 2013 and 2023 commemorate the centenaries of some of the most important events in our history that have served to define us as a nation and as a people. The Decade of Centenaries initiative includes events such as the Dublin Lockout, the Great War, the Easter 1916 Rising, the first Dáil, the War of Independence, the signing of The Anglo-Irish Treaty and the ensuing Civil War. These events have touched most communities in Ireland as each are commemorated locally to recall and remember great people and great deeds. The Skehana area is delighted to be a part of these thus far and will continue to be into the future.
Moylough (Galway) Galway
Ireland Reaching Out - Tour of Aughrim Battle Site
When: Sunday, 22 July, 2018Loughrea members of Ireland Reaching Out Diaspora Programme are organising a guided walking tour of the Battle of Aughrim Battlefield on Sunday afternoon next, July 22nd.
Aughrim (Galway) Galway
Ballinasloe Strings Festival July 13-14 2018
When: Friday, 13 July, 2018The Ballinasloe Strings Festival is a two day event happening on July 13 and 14, celebrating the magic of stringed instruments, music and musicians. Residents of and visitors to the town are in for a treat with free events popping up from 2pm on Friday and running right through until 9pm on Saturday evening.
Ballinasloe (Galway) Galway