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Oyster Festival are celebrating 60 years, in a tradition which began in 1954. And we are all about toasting our heritage, as heritage week begins across
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Friday 22nd August • *The Connemara Pony Performance Show takes place today at the showgrounds, Clifden, featuring the parade of champions from this year’s festival.
CRAICing NEWS!!! By Avril HORAN
Looking Back: Galway Heritage Week
• * Connemara will celebrate the life of Richard Martin, known as Humanity Dick for founding the RSPCA, and his Connemara connection through a series of talks, presentations and activities. • *Headfest takes place this weekend in Headford, Co Galway, with music, sports, art, crafts, photography, history, BBQ, family fun, fishing and shooting competitions. • 5:30pm: Immersed in the Void will be performed at the Town Hall Studio looking at the connections between music and emotion. • 8pm: Keegan Theatre from the USA presents A Few Good Men at the Town Hall Theatre. • 8pm: The second show of the popular Session America takes place at Monroe’s Live on Dominick Street. • 8pm: Tunes at the Church returns to St Nicholas Collegiate Church with Cormac Cannon on the uilleann pipes and Breda Keville on the fiddle and singing. • 8:30pm: A weekend of films by Margaretta D’arcy will be screened this weekend at Arus Eanna Arts Centre on Inis Oirr. • 11:30pm: Musical duo Strings for Ammo will play at the backstage bar at Monroe’s Live with popular covers band Hot Fuss taking to the main stage.
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t’s time to get back to our roots as Heritage Week takes place from August 23rd – 31st, 2014. Galway is well represented, with a myriad of walks, talks, demonstrations and exhibitions taking place across the city and county. Dúchas Na Gaillimhe – Galway Civic Trust have lots of events planned, and the theme this year is ‘family – generations exploring our heritage together’. Local events include a family tour of Renmore Military Barracks Museum, beach exploration or a visit the Zoology or Geology Museum, at NUIG. You can learn about traditional
crafts at the Hall of the Red Earl and enjoy the sound of the harp echoing through the heart of medieval Galway. Different guided walks will shed a new light on the city and its waterways, while a visit to the newly opened Fishery Watchtower Museum is a must. Kenny’s Bookshop and Gallery are also hosting special exhibitions, with antiquarian maps and prints on display, while the James Hardiman Library at NUIG will house the Abbey Theatre digital archive exhibition. We have lots of events covered in our craicing diary, but for more check out www.heritageweek.ie.
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The CRAIC at The Charcoal Grill (Cross St.)
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Saturday 23rd August 2014 • 8am: The Cong to Galway sailing race takes place today from the Corrib Rowing and Yachting Club. • 10am: A family tree workshop for kids takes place at the Town Hall, Glenamaddy.
CRAICing NEWS!!! By Rebecca CASSERLY
I’ll be there for you!
• 10:30am: For a visit to the Geology Museum for heritage week, meet at the Quad Archway, NUIG this morning. • 11am: A craft metal forging demonstration takes place at the Galway City Council Depot. • 11am: A Galway City river walk departs from the Spanish Arch for heritage week.
• 12pm: And the beat goes on! The SugarBeat one-day festival takes place today at Tuam Stadium. • 2pm: A special heritage week talk, the City of the Tribes, takes place at the Galway City Museum. Age 12+. • 2pm: Enjoy a Galway City canal walk departing from the Galway Cathedral. • 12pm: An artifact exhibition collection will be on display at the Town Hall, Glenamaddy. • 2pm: A beginner’s guide to family history takes place at Lackagh Parish Centre. • 4:30pm: A Galway City maritime walk takes place from the Spanish Arch. • 5:30pm: Immersed in the Void will be performed at the Town Hall Studio looking at the connections between music and emotion. • 8pm: Keegan Theatre from the USA presents A Few Good Men at the Town Hall Theatre. • 10pm: Singer/songwriter Phil Cosby will entertain at Monroe’s Live followed by rock pop band Dakota.
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wo of Galway’s freshest and most exciting new bands will take to the mainstage in Monroes Live on Saturday, 5th September to raise much needed funds for the Irish Cancer Society.
Sweet Attrition and Franklin Tree will be kicking off what promises to be a great night from 9pm. Both bands have been gaining a steady following around Galway and are sure to have you dancing the night away with their complementary mix of music. Sweet Attrition are an Athenry based band who play a mixed blend of new and old songs; some even with a unique twist! After taking Athenry by storm they are moving on to Galway to do the same starting 5th September in Monroes Live. Sweet Attrition consist of band-members Sinead Murphy-vocals and guitar, Paul Mahony-vocals and guitar, Dessie
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Pratt-vocals and bass, John Lawrence-guitar and Adam Feeneydrums. The Craic in Galway had a craicing preview of their music in the Hop Inn, Athenry recently and we are looking forward to hearing them play again soon! Joining them on the night will be Galway based band Franklin Tree. These guys are a cool, original band whose self-described style is “raw, alternative rock”. Franklin Tree, who recently played the Galway Fringe Festival are Lisanne Jacob-lead vocals, Sean Hehir-guitar, David McDonagh-rhythm guitar, Dave Cig-bass and Tobi Kaye on drums. There will also be spot prizes on the night along with plenty of dancing and craic. Both bands are really looking forward to supporting this worthy cause. Sara O’Halloran who is organising the event tells us she hopes to raise more awareness about the Irish Cancer Society as so many people are impacted by this. in GALWAY
• 11am: Discover the heritage gates in Oranmore at the Oranmore Library, Main Street, Oranmore.
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Sunday 24th August 2014
CRAICing NEWS!!! By Avril HORAN
• 10:30am: Galway in Stone; a guided walk takes place from the Quad Archway, NUIG. • 11am: A Galway City history tour begins from Browne’s Doorway, Eyre Square for heritage week. • 12pm: Enjoy an afternoon of nature and photography at Merlin Park Woods. • 12pm: Head to Busker Brownes on Cross Street for the best jazz brunch in town with the Galway Bay Jazz Band. • 2pm: A Latin Quarter Tour departs from St. Nicholas’s Collegiate Church this afternoon. • 2pm: The Gingerbreadman is a solo performance for children and family by puppeteer Maureen Lambert taking place this afternoon at the Town Hall Theatre.
• 3pm: Learn about bugs, bats and botany at Brigit’s Garden, Roscahill. • 4:30pm: The famous people, theatre and literature tour of Galway departs from Browne’s Doorway, Eyre Square. • 8pm: Comedian Lee Mack will have you rolling in the aisles at the Black Box Theatre with his Hit the Road Mack tour. • 9pm: Don’t miss Trad On the Prom at the Galway Bay Hotel Salthill, for a fantastic night of entertainment, music and song as they celebrate their 10th anniversary this year. • 10pm: Ease out of the weekend with Sunday sessions at Monroe’s Live; tonight it’s the turn of the smoothest covers band, Fortune Cookie, at the backstage bar.
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thenry stunner, Shahira Barry, has been celebrating at the Playboy Mansion as she joined Hugh Hefner and the bunnies for his Midsummer Night’s Dream Party.
Shahira entered the limelight after spending time at the famous mansion last summer and has now acquired her US visa to follow her LA dream’s of modelling, music and acting. She has already taken part in Avicii’s latest music video, and was previously featured in videos by Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown and
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Enrique Iglesias. She received an open invite to the mansion from Hef himself following her first visit and is taking full advantage of the opportunity. Shahira is currently learning how to drive along the vast freeways in the US and is loving the lifestyle. While she has a teaching degree, she is a “showbiz gal at heart” and is pursuing her “ultimate dream”. We were lucky to have Shahira as our craicing cover girl last year, pictured right with Sunny Juddy and Sian Murphy, and wish her the best with her future career.
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• 2:30pm: Discover art and nature together at Coole Park Visitor Centre.
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Monday 25th August 2014
Tee’s Bucket List By Avril HORAN
• 10:30am: Tour the Mutton Island Lighthouse; meeting at the inner gate of the causeway on Mutton Island. Again at 12pm. • 11am: A Galway City church tour departs from the Discover Ireland Centre. • 11am: A decoupage demonstration with Mary Smyth takes place at the Hall of the Red Earl and again at 2pm.
• 2pm: Enjoy a hidden tour of Galway city (walking tour) departing from Browne’s Doorway, Eyre Square. • 2pm: A guided walk of Galway’s waterways departs from the Spanish Arch. • 2pm: For a visit to the Geology Museum, meet at the Quad Archway, NUIG. • 2pm: An introduction to Irish genealogy takes place at St Joseph’s Community Centre. • 5:30pm:The Galway city mills tour departs from the main door at the Galway Cathedral for heritage week. • 8pm: Comedian Lee Mack will have you rolling in the aisles at the Black Box Theatre with his Hit the Road Mack tour. • 8pm: Tunes at the Church returns to St Nicholas Collegiate Church with music tonight by Paraic Mac Donnacha on the banjo and Ailbhe O Monacháin on fiddle. • 8:30pm: Forgotten Me, a tale about Eddie and Edward based in a London pub who want to return home, takes place at the Town Hall Studio.
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atriona O’Brien from Bohermore has already parachuted out of a plane and parasailed in the stunning surrounds of Portugal. Yet it was more than just an adventure for the outgoing woman, who would happily curl up to Russell Crowe, and loves girlie novels by Sophie Kinsella. For Catriona, it was part of a bucket list she created when she was first diagnosed with debilitating motor neuron disease at just 38. And now her supportive friends, who know her as ‘Tee’ want to help her finish the list, before the illness robs her of her mobility.
her from completing her exciting ‘to do’ list.
Together they have organised a black tie fundraising ball in the Radisson hotel on Saturday, September 6th, so that she can enjoy a helicopter spin, visit a butterfly zoo, an elephant ride in Africa, a trip to Cadbury World and more. Catriona is currently in a wheelchair, but that won’t stop
MND is a rare, incurable, muscle wasting illness affecting the ability to walk, talk, and even breathe. Catriona was only 38 when she was diagnosed at the end of March and describes it was the “worst day of my life”. She had experienced a “heavy leg” initially and was falling in public.
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“My bucket list is fun filled and adventurous!” she says excitedly, “I have a trip to Cadbury World slotted in there as I am a big fan of chocolate! I decided to create one a few weeks after I was diagnosed with MND. “Knowing my illness and its ability to take away my independence, I feel the need to squeeze everything into my life while I can. I can barely walk, but that won’t stop me ticking off my bucket list! I already have two ticks made. The parachute jump was amazing. I never felt such a fear and rush like it in my life! I wasn’t right for a week afterwards!”
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• 11am: Explore the beach with Yvonne Leahy from the lifeguard hut, Grattan Beach, Salthill.
She became “clumsy” and knew something was amiss, but never dreamed she would have a fatal disease. Once told the life changing news, she was unable to drive home she was“crying so much”. Yet through the clouds have come a determination to live life to the full. My life has completely changed. There’s lots that I can’t do anymore, but that’s not going to stop me from doing some of the things I still want to do, like travelling and riding elephants! I am trying to remain as strong and positive as possible. I do have my bad days, but, there is no point in lying down and crying about this. I need to get up every day and live my life as best I can,” she explains. The fundraising ball includes a beautifully prepared three course meal, live music and entertainment provided by Shadow Play and Rofi James, After Party with DJ Joe Love on the decks, with lots of spot prizes up for grabs.You can help Catriona’s friends and family to raise the money
needed to make her dreams a reality, and to raise further awareness about motor neuron disease.
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Tuesday 26th August 2014
CRAICing Nathan!!! By Avril HORAN
• 10:15am: A guided visit to Renmore Garrison Church and Military Barracks takes place this morning at again at 11:45am, 2:15pm and 3:45pm. Meet at the Garrison Church. • 10:30am: Is Leor Beirt, an opportunity to practice your Irish by meeting up for a relaxed chat, takes place upstairs at McCambridges on Shop Street. • 11am: A coastal archaeology heritage field trip takes place at Silverstrand Beach, meet at the car park entrance. • 2pm: A medieval walk with Michael Quinn departs from the Hall of the Red Earl.
• 7pm: A birdbox and owl basket building workshop takes place at Eastside Mens Shed. • 7pm: Online Marketing in Galway will host a free seminar at the Harbour Hotel this evening with Virtual Office Worx and MyKidsTime.ie. Register early as it’s looking very popular at the time of writing! • 8:30pm: Forgotten Me, a tale about Eddie and Edward based in a London pub who want to return home, takes place at the Town Hall Studio. • 9pm: Celebrating 10 years this year, Ireland’s no 1 music, song and dance experience, Trad On The Prom takes place at the Galway Bay Hotel, Salthill.
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t just 24, Nathan Carter is spinning like a wagon wheel as he brings the cool back to country music. We caught up with the fine looking chap in advance of his sell out performance at the Black Box theatre on Thursday, August 28th. Such is the demand for a slice of the young Mr Carter, a second date has been added on Friday, August 29th, and tickets are flying out the door. Just 50 were left when we spoke to him while he was on the road to Tralee, where he will have serenaded the winning Rose live on air. The talented musician picked up the accordion at the age of 4 and won an All-Ireland for traditional singing when he was just 10-years-old. Since
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the release of his version of ‘Wagon Wheel’ in 2012, he has had a stellar rise to fame, introducing a new generation to country. How do you feel about your success? I love gigging, I have played in pubs and clubs since I was 16 and I just love music. Success is whatever you think of it yourself. At shows, I still can’t believe people are screaming at me! I am just Nathan. You are often described as a ‘heartthrob’; what do you think of that? I don’t see myself as that at all. I normally just go bright red! I get embarrassed by it. Who is the most inspiring person in your life?
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• 2pm: For a visit to the Geology Museum, meet at the Quad Archway, NUIG.
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Wednesday 27th August 2014 • 10:15am: A guided visit to Renmore Garrison Church and Military Barracks takes place this morning at again at 11:45am, 2:15pm and 3:30pm. Meet at the Garrison Church. • 11am: Learn crochet and lace making with Anne Quinn at the Hall of the Red Earl. • 2pm: For a visit to the Geology Museum, meet at the Quad Archway, NUIG. • 2pm: A talk on the story of the Connemara Pony takes place at the Galway City Museum. Age 12+. • 6:30pm: A field trip to Eskerstephens Graveyard, Ecclesiastical and Historical Sites takes place from Moylough Hall, Co Galway. • 7pm: A heritage walk takes place at Merlin Park Woods. • 8pm: Cairde Mol presents the premiere of Frost Nixon, the gripping true life tale, at the Town Hall Theatre, directed by Ollie Turner. • 8pm: Enjoy Tunes at the Church at St Nicholas Collegiate Church with Charlie Piggot on the accordion and Claire Keville on the concertina. • 8pm: A table quiz fundraiser for the Galway Patrician Musical Society takes place at the Stock Exchange on Shop Street. €40 for team of 4. • 8:30pm: Forgotten Me, a tale about Eddie and Edward based in a London pub who want to return home, takes place at the Town Hall Studio. • 9pm: Trad at the Head is back at The King’s Head, with live traditional music, Irish dancers, and no cover charge to boot!
>>> My Nan, Annie McCoy. She has pushed me since I was a kid to get into music. She drove me everywhere to the gigs initially and I couldn’t have done it without her. If you were to take someone on a date, where would you go? I would take them to the cinema. I just saw the new Inbetweeners movie, but I was disappointed, it wasn’t as good as the last one. I like to go to the cinema on a night off. Favourite Food: Chinese. If you were stranded on a desert island, what three things would you bring? The auto trader magazines because I am mad into cars, my iPod, and my accordion. (This brings on a lot of laughter from his managers).
A white Audi A7 and it’s great! Is the glass half empty or half full? It’s half empty normally; then I have to check myself and get a grip. I have to remind myself to be happy. How do you feel right now? Happy! (A chorus of ‘Cos I’m Happy’ by Pharrell Williams echoes down the phone and I feel privileged to be serenaded myself ). I am really looking forward to gigging in Galway. It is my first time at the Black Box, I was at the Town Hall Theatre before, and it was such a surprise that it has sold out. There are only a few tickets left for the second concert. I am also really excited to sing at the Rose of Tralee. Ah, he was lovely and fair.
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....At The Galway Races 2014
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Thursday 28th August 2014
Shucks You’re Getting Old! CRAICad
• 10:15am: A guided visit to Renmore Garrison Church and Military Barracks takes place this morning at again at 11:45am, 2:15pm and 3:30pm. Meet at theGarrisonChurch. • 12pm: Learn about farming, past and present on the historic battlefields of Aughrim at The Battle of Aughrim Interpretative/VisitorCentre. • 2pm:ForavisittotheGeologyMuseum, meetattheQuadArchway,NUIG. • 3pm: A walled towns day heritage tour of medieval Galway takes place from the stepsoftheGalwayCityMuseum.
• 8pm: Cairde Mol presents the premiere of Frost Nixon, the gripping true life tale, at theTown HallTheatre, directed by Ollie Turner. • 8pm: Country heartthrob, Nathan Carter, will take to the stage at The Black Box. • 8pm: The Esker Festival Orchestra will hold their debut performance in the GalwayCathedral. • 8:30pm: Forgotten Me, a tale about EddieandEdwardbasedinaLondonpub who want to return home, takes place at theTownHallStudio. • 9pm: Head to Trad On the Prom at the GalwayBayHotelSalthill,forIreland’sNo1 dance,musicandsongexperience. • 9pm: Enjoy Thursday night comedy at the Dew Drop Inn with the Filibusters ComedyClub–Ireland’ssmallest! • 9:30pm: Catch the swingin’ style of Benny and the Goodmen at McSwiggans barinWoodquay. • 9:30pm: An open traditional Irish music jam takes place every Thursday at the WesternHotelonProspectHill. • 10pm: The Moonlight Swing Orchestra will help you to swing outThursday night attheKing’sHead.
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Happy 60th Clarenbridge Oyster Festival
he Stunning and The Amazing Apples are among the musical lineup for the 60th anniversary of the Clarenbridge Oyster Festival, taking place from September 12th14th, 2014. They will be joined by The Bluenotes and The Galway Bay Jazz Band, as the shucking begins. The festival marks the beginning of the new oyster season, and the celebrations mark a tradition started in 1954 by Paddy Burke. This year, the festival is set to be bigger and better than ever, highlighted by the diamond and pearls oyster ball on Saturday, September 12th. Food will be served from 4:30pm and afterwards you can dance the night away to the best of live music and a DJ. It’s set to be a fantastic event. Sunday, September 14th is family fun day at the festival marquee at Paddy Burkes, with succulent oysters, seafood
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platters and a lot of activities and games, from a duck race in the river Clarin to the famous children’s fancy dress competition and a kiddies disco. And dressing up at the Clarinbridge Oyster Festival is not just for the youngsters. There will be fantastic prizes for the Best Dressed Lady, Best Dressed Man and Best Hat. So you can put your glad rags on for the diamond and pearls oyster ball and see if you catch the eye of judge Patricia McCrossan, MD of Galway Now, while milliner Jennifer Wrynne will pick out the best hat. Prizes include a relaxing break at the luxurious Farnham Estate golf and spa resort in Cavan and a piece of jewellery designed by Lynsey De Burca. For more information, log on to www.clarenbridge.com; e-mail: info@clarenbridge.com; the ticket office (located in Paddy Burkes car park) will be open from 12-3, every Saturday leading up to the festival. in GALWAY
• 7pm: Explore the woodland at Merlin ParkWoods.
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Friday 29th August 2014
Lunchtime Classics
By Avril HORAN
• 10am: There’s Something Fishy happening in The Watchtower at the Fishery Watchtower. • 10am: Doing history - women, memories and archives and the decade of commemoration takes place at Galway City Council, City Hall. • 12pm: Learn about farming, past and present on the historic battlefields of Aughrim at The Battle of Aughrim Interpretative/Visitor Centre.
• 2pm: For a visit to the Geology Museum, meet at the Quad Archway, NUIG. • 7pm: An open air mass followed by ‘Reading the Stones’ takes place at Grange cemetery. • 7:45pm: Galway FC continue their Airtricity League First Division campaign against Waterford United at Eamonn Deacy Park. • 8pm: Cairde Mol presents the premiere of Frost Nixon, the gripping true life tale, at the Town Hall Theatre, directed by Ollie Turner. • 8pm: Country heartthrob, Nathan Carter, will take to the stage at The Black Box. • 8pm: Enjoy Tunes at the Church at St Nicholas Collegiate Church with Charlie Harris on the accordion, Des Mulkere on the banjo and Micheal Ó Catháin on the harp and singer. • 8:30pm: Forgotten Me, a tale about Eddie and Edward based in a London pub who want to return home, takes place at the Town Hall Studio. • 8:45pm: A guided bat walk takes place at the Coole Park Visitor Centre. • 9pm: Learn about The Mannion Clan of County Galway at Skehana Community Centre
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he Galway Ensemble in Residence, C o nTe m p o Quartet are back with a new series of free concerts at the Galway City Library. Starting on September 2nd at 1:10pm, the programme features a mix of classical and contemporary music. Over the next ten months, these popular lunchtime concerts will feature ten quartets by the master of string quartet-writing
- Austrian composer Joseph Haydn. The series will also feature more recent works by Irish composers Kevin Volans and Martin O’Leary, Astor Piazzolla , Michael Nyman, James MacMillan, Terry Riley and others. The opening event will feature ConTempo performing Haydn’s ‘Op. 76 no. 1 in G major’ from the ‘Erdödy Quartets’ and Riley’s ‘Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector.’ Each concert begins with a brief discussion of the pieces. All events are free.
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group of mature student at NUIG have created the Galway Brasov group to fundraise for orphans in Romania. They hope to bring them to Galway for Christmas, along with improving the orphanage garden. The group recently held a successful benefit dance at the
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Salthill hotel and will undertake many other initiatives over the coming months. “The majority of abandoned children will be brought up in the industrial school like system which is no place for children; every child deserves a home,” says member Owen Ward. “With the support of NUIG and the local community, this group aims to highlight and improve the current situation of those forgotten children”. in GALWAY
• 1pm: Enjoy sounds of the harp at the Hall of the Red Earl.
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Evening of Darts with Gary Anderson vs. Galway By Darius IVAN
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Saturday 30th August 2014
CRAICing STYLE!!!
By Rebecca CASSERLY
• 10am: The Loughrea medieval festival takes place at various locations in Loughrea Town. • 11am: A heritage week workshop, Harvest Knots, takes place at the Galway City Museum. Age 7+. • 11am: A family walk and talk takes place from An Fuarán, Moycullen. • 11am: Enjoy a visit to the Zoology Museum with mystery quiz by Professor Noel Wilkins; meet at the Quad Archway, NUIG.
• 12pm: Learn about farming, past and present on the historic battlefields of Aughrim at The Battle of Aughrim Interpretative/ Visitor Centre. • 2pm: A heritage week workshop on how to fashion a Cailleach takes place at the Galway City Museum for adults. • 8pm: Comedian Brendan Grace will bring his unique brand of comedy to the Town Hall Theatre. • 8:30pm: Forgotten Me, a tale about Eddie and Edward based in a London pub who want to return home, takes place at the Town Hall Studio. • 8:30pm: Multi award winning North Kerry box player, Danny O’Mahoney agus cairde will play at the Arus Eanna Arts Centre on Inis Oirr. • 9:30pm: Enjoy a trad session upstairs at the Crane Bar, Sea Road with Michael Chang and Bill Wright. • 10pm: Psychedelic Pill, a Neil Young Tribute, will take to the stage at the backstage bar at Monroe’s Live on Dominick Street.
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iara Silke has recently launched her inaugural collection, which comprises 24 silk and wool scarves.
The Galway based fashion designer and graduate of NCAD has worked with global luxury brand Diane Von Furstenburg for three seasons at its headquarters in New York and also interned with the renowned Irish fashion designer Helen Cody.
She develops delicate imagery and prints onto heavyweight fabrics. The striking and compelling pieces are sure to make a statement. Here in Galway Ciara’s collection is stocked in Les Jumelles (Galway city), Millers (Clifden) and Kylemore Abbey (Connemara). She will also be launching her online store www.ciarasilke.com in the coming weeks.
She was recently nominated in the “Ones to Watch” category at the prestigious 2014 Irish Fashion Innovation Awards where we were treated to a preview of her AW14 collection. In their design and manufacture, Ciara juxtaposes bold graphic imagery with soft lightweight fabrics. The scarves are designed at the Ciara Silke studio in Galway with luxury silk sourced and crafted in Italy.
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• 11am: A hertiage talk and a local clachan walk takes place at the Town Hall, Glenamaddy.
The CRAIC at Cruinniú na mBád 2014 in Kinvara By Darius IVAN
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Sunday 31th August 2014 • 10am:The Loughrea Medieval Festival continues at various locations in LoughreaTown.
CRAICING OSCAR!!! By Avril HORAN
Looking At The Stars…
• 10am: Claregalway castle heritage week tours take place this morning at ClaregalwayCastle. • 10:15am: The three Athenry castles heritagecycletourdepartsfromAthenry Castle.
• 12pm: Head to Busker Brownes on Cross Street for the best jazz brunch in townwiththeGalwayBayJazzBand. • 12pm: The Over 50s Show takes place at the Salthill hotel, with 75 exhibitors with everything from health checks, to dancing, bridge and golf for the young atheart. • 1pm: Enjoy a lunchtime trad session upstairs at the Crane Bar, Sea Road with SeanRyan,MickCrehanandGuests. • 2:30pm: Me & Nu and Grandma Too takes place at the Coole Park Visitor Centre. • 3:30pm: Prátaí na Éireann, looking at the potato and the famine takes place at theIrishWorkhouseCentre. • 7pm: Enjoy live jazz at the Black Cat bistroinSalthill. • 8pm: Catch the swingin’beat of gypsy jazz band, I Saw Stars, at Kellys on Bridge Street. • 9pm: Don’t miss Trad On the Prom at the Galway Bay Hotel Salthill, for a fantastic night of entertainment, music and song as they celebrate their 10th anniversarythisyear.
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alway is set to host the second Oscar Wilde Festival from Sept 5th-7th, 2014, with speakers from Galway, the UK and US as well as new Irish writing inspired by the great bard. The festival kicks off on Friday, Sept 5th at 6pm in the Harbour Hotel with a talk by Menlough writer and broadcaster, Mary J Murphy, on the remarkable life of Galway woman Eva O’Flaherty. Eva referred to Wilde as her ‘cousin Oscar’ and moved in circles in London, Paris, Dublin and Achill from the 1900s onwards through her involvement in millinery, literary and intellectual pursuits. Other highlights include a talk on Wilde Today at An Taibhdhearc and a look at how Wilde dressed. A letter Wilde wrote titled The Philosophy of Dress was rediscovered in 2012 and gives a fascinating insight into his dress sense - an unappreciated aspect of his life to date. There will also be a show about one of the most important women in Wilde’s life –
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his mother – with acclaimed UK actress, Patricia Leventon. The festival concludes on Sunday, Sept 7th, with the debut of new Irish writing. Kicking Oscar’s Corpse by Galway writer Brendan Murphy at the Harbour Hotel at 1pm. Based on actual court transcripts, ‘Kicking Oscar’s Corpse’ is a docu-play based on the famous libel trial of Maud Allan in 1918. It’s a story of judges and prejudice, MP’s and dancing girls, sex, scandal and conspiracy. Festival founder and director, Sandra Coffey said: “The festival has a lot to offer this year. It will look at what we think of Wilde today, how he used dress to his advantage and the huge influence his mother had on him. Yet again, we explore his west of Ireland links through Eva O’Flaherty and debut new Irish writing inspired by Wilde. Tickets are again reasonably priced and we hope that people will come and enjoy the weekend.” For further information and how to get tickets, go to the festival website www.oscarwildefestival. com in GALWAY
• 12pm: Learn about farming, past and present on the historic battlefields of Aughrim at The Battle of Aughrim Interpretative/VisitorCentre.
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• 11am: The Over 50s Show continues at the Salthill hotel today, with 75 exhibitors with everything from health checks, to dancing, bridge and golf for the young at heart.
• 9pm: Enjoy trad music, singing and dancing with Billy Carr and Stack of Barley and dancers at Barr an Chaladh, Woodquay. • 9:30pm: Catch the best of swingin’ tunes by the Black Magic Big Band at Busker Brownes on Cross Street. • 9:30pm: A traditional Irish music session takes place at the Crane bar on Sea Road with Freda Hatton and Kevin Whelan.
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ndrogynous G a l w a y m o d e l , Ivan Fahy, speaks to Rebecca Casserly about blending aspects of the masculine and feminine in his modelling career - where he was featured as the cover star for Gay Community News and what Galway Pride Week, which runs until August 24th, means to him. What is the Craic in Galway for Pride week?
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There is a great buzz and atmosphere around the city; excitement and happiness. On Saturday (August 23rd), there is the annual Pride Parade. It starts at 2pm in Eyre Square, and makes its way through town. For me, the Pride Parade is what it is all about. It is very
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powerful and liberating to march as yourself freely and proudly. I encourage everyone to attend the parade on Saturday. It will be an amazing experience and day. What is your favourite thing about Galway Pride? Everyone (gay or straight, LGBTQ+ or not) can come together and celebrate diversity. Pride is a time of celebration for us all. I’m looking forward to the referendum on marriage equality, and I want to see the people of Ireland support their LGBT family, friends, co-workers, etc. and vote in favour of it. Pride, for me, really is about pride. It is about being proud of who you are. What inspires you? Those that live in fear of being bullied or being persecuted inspire me to do what I do and to continue doing what I do. I hope that my visibility and in GALWAY
• 9pm: The Cellar bar is host to Play, where musicians can jam with support from a backing band in this open night with a difference. It’s a place where musicians can meet, collaborate and hear some great music. It’s time to stop practicing and start playing! All welcome.
public presence as an openly gay young person and an androgynous model helps open minds and change opinions. We are all different. ‘Normal’ doesn’t exist. What advice would you give for anyone thinking of pursuing androgynous modelling? Go for it, but it is hard because you are doing something different and you have to be brave, confident and selfassured. Modelling agencies in Ireland aren’t ready (or brave enough) to take on androgynous models so you will probably have to do it yourself for a while, as a freelance, independent model. Which project has been your favourite to date? A shoot I did with photographer Hazel Coonagh and model Bluebird for Chunk.ie, a popular site for alternative models in Ireland. The makeup was gothic
and I had a lot of fun working with Bluebird. My favourite video project would be ‘’Seduction’, which is a video I made with Marie Charlier. What quote do you live your life by? ‘’What is normal for the spider,
is chaos for the fly.’’ What is considered ‘normal’ changes with different perspectives. We all understand ‘normal’ differently. It is relative, subjective, and personally defined. How would you describe your fashion style in 3 words? Male. Female. Androgynous. What’s next for Ivan Fahy? I am going to continue being me and doing what I do. I will continue modelling androgynously and engaging in LGBTQ+ and gender activism. Please visit my Facebook modelling page and join it by clicking ‘Like’ to see all that I do and will do. The support means a lot to me. Find Ivan Fahy on facebook.com/ IvanFahyOfficial and on Twitter/ Instagram (@IvanFahy).
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place at the Galway City Library on Augustine Street with the Con Tempo Quartet. • 8pm: Enjoy live jazz at Rouge restaurant on Dominick Street with Mike Corbett on piano and Keith McDonald on trumpet. • 9pm: Celebrating 10 years this year, Ireland’s no 1 music, song and dance experience, Trad On The Prom takes place at the Galway Bay Hotel, Salthill. • 9:30pm: Catch Sean Galvin with friends and dancers for a great night of trad and dancing at Barr an Chaladh, Woodquay, all musicians welcome. • 9:30pm: A trad session takes place at the Crane bar on Sea Road with John O’Halloran and Mick
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reland’s biggest tattoo show returns to the Radisson Blu on September 13th and 14th, as the Galway Tattoo Show brings the world’s best tattoo artists to our shores. The event will feature 90 of biggest names in Irish and international tattooing - including celebrity tattoo artists Phil Kyle from the reality TV series London Ink - and Chris Jones, star of what will be the USA’s biggest ever Tattoo Show - Epic Ink, screened to over 200 million homes worldwide on the popular A&E Channel. Galway itself has a very high standard of tattoo artist and will be represented by 5 of its best studios. As last year, the show will welcome all walks of life and will feature a ‘family fun and kids area’ along with a tattoo art gallery, music, entertainment, fun photo booth, market stalls, a unique tattoo cinema showing exclusive films, body and face painting, awards, competitions, art classes and workshops and much more. Tattooing has become huge after the success of TV shows like Miami Ink, L.A Ink, London Ink and with many celebrities
adorning themselves with body art, tattooing is getting bigger by the day. After years of prejudice, tattooing is finally being recognised as the art form it is and is now the 5th largest growing retail business in the world with the bigger tattoo shows in Europe now attracting upward of 8,000 – 15,000 people. The show is being organised by experienced Irish events manager Martin McIver, who says: “After the runaway success of last years show, we’re back, bigger and better. Galway is Ireland’s home of the arts, so it seems fitting for a world class tattoo art show; this will be a brilliant and fun weekend for all the family to enjoy, ask anyone who came last year? Tattoo shows are some of the most creative, friendliest and entertaining days out you can have, so it doesn’t matter whether you are old, young, tattooed or non-tattooed, we guarantee a brilliant weekend and an experience you will never forget.” Galway Tattoo Show – http://www.facebook.com/ galwaytattooshow Contact for further information email: galwaytattooshow@gmail. com
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CELEBRATING 10th YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Book Online at www.tradontheprom.com June - September, every Tuesday, Thursday & Sunday in Galway Bay Hotel
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CRAICing NEWS!!! By Avril HORAN
• 9pm: Trad at the Head is back at The
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traditional music, Irish dancers, and no cover charge to boot! • 9:30pm: Kevin Rohan, Monica Naughton and dancers are set to entertain at Barr an Chaladh, Woodquay with their trad and folk stylings. • 9:30pm: Catch the trad session with Ailbhe O Monachain and John O’Halloran at the Crane bar on Sea Road. • 10:30pm:
Don’t miss the
‘Screamin’ Bluecats’ at Garvey’s in Eyre Square for a night of rockabilly magic. You ‘aint nothin’ but a hound dog!
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alway busker, singer and songwriter, Jody Mullarkey, has made the social media headlines as his energetic performances were spotted by website evoke.ie. Described as “Ireland’s latest singing sensation”, they say he “sings and dances like noone is watching”. With his trademark grey suit, he cuts a dash on the streets of the city as he belts out top hits to a backing track, complete with showstopping moves. “The mystery singer has been receiving rave reviews by word of mouth across Galway city for his unique interpretations of popular songs,” they say, as
he channels his inner Bruce Springsteen, complete with air guitar. The glowing review continues “the singer delivers a brilliant performance, dancing his way across the street, before members of the public get caught up in his awesome energy.” He recently launched his album ‘Heart Strings’ upstairs in The Crane bar, working closely with Pete Duffy from The Dreams Loft over the past year. 10% of the album proceeds will go to Aspergers Action Galway. If you haven’t spotted him out and about, you can see our video of Jody uploaded onto our facebook page/ thecraicingalway.
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CRAICing NEWS!!! By Darius IVAN
• 9am: 77 economists representing 33 Universities and research organisations throughout Ireland, the UK, Europe, the United States and Kuwait will take part in the 11th New Economists conference at NUI, Galway. • *The Galway Swimming Club will host a golf fundraiser today at the Galway Bay golf resort to raise money for the club. • 9pm: Head to Trad On the Prom at the Galway Bay Hotel Salthill, for Ireland’s No 1 dance, music and song experience. • 9pm: Enjoy Thursday night comedy at the Dew Drop Inn with the Filibusters Comedy Club – Ireland’s smallest! • 9:30pm: Catch the swingin’ style of Benny and the Goodmen at McSwiggans bar in Woodquay.
Shuffle The Deck
Sinead Healy launching her first CD “Shuffle the Deck” during Fleadh Cheoil Sligo in Shenanigans Bar. Photo by Darius Ivan www.divmedia.ie
Étape Connemara 2014, 150km charity cycle for CROÍ
• 9:30pm: An open traditional Irish music jam takes place every Thursday at the Western Hotel on Prospect Hill. • 9:30pm: Enjoy a traditional session with Liam Naughton and Marie Treasa at Barr an Chaladh, Woodquay. All musicians welcome.
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• 10pm: Aloric Productions are hosting a weekly open mic night in Padraig’s Place, The Docks. Bring Your Own Band!