€10 The Flies are a young, up and coming, rock and roll band from Cootehall, Co. Roscommon. They have been playing together for four years, starting off playing shows in their local secondary schools and at small festivals, before playing headline shows in Sligo, Boyle and Carrick-on-Shannon in the period before the pandemic. After the […]
€7 The Battle for Boyle – In July 1922 following the outbreak of the Civil War, the garrison town of Boyle became a strategic target of both the newly formed Free State Army and the Anti Treaty forces. This lecture gives an outline of what occurred 100 years ago as the town and its inhabitants, found […]
€7 ‘I think of it as an Indian Summer in our literature that will never fade…’ That’s how John McGahern described David Thomson’s memoir, Woodbrook, published in 1974. Set in Co Roscommon in the mid 20th century, Thomson’s timeless work is a potent combination of love story, history, and myth. While a student at […]
€7 Between 2020 and 2021 archaeologists from Archaeological Management Services excavated a unique prehistoric wetland site at Gortnacrannagh, Co. Roscommon. The site comprised a river-side fen, 6km northeast of the prehistoric ‘royal’ site of Rathcroghan. Over a span of at least 3,000 years people placed human remains, animals remains and artefacts into the water at […]
€25 Master musicians John Carty & Mike McGoldrick come together for this highly anticipated performance. John Carty is a leading exponent of the North Connacht style and has impressive knowledge of the music of Sligo emigrant musicians. Carty was awarded the TG4 Gradam Ceoil Traditional Music of the Year award in 2003. He has released several solo albums on fiddle and […]
€10 Brian Leyden is an Irish novelist, short story writer, memoirist, playwright, screenwriter, librettist, editor, and publisher with Lepus Print. His most recent novel is Summer of ’63 (2016). Other books include the bestselling memoir, The Home Place (2002/ 2014), the novel, Death and Plenty (1996), the short story collection, Departures (1992) and Sweet Old […]
€30 The 10 piece Wolfgang Ensemble is made up of some of the Ireland’s finest musicians; This evening’s concert includes The Four Seasons by Vivaldi with soloist Lynda O’Connor and Inislacken by Bill Whelan where Lynda will be joined by RóisínWalters. Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, composed in 1723 is probably his most famous work for […]
€20 Lisa Lambe is one of Ireland’s best-known singers and performers. Described by the Irish Times as “The finest singer and actor of her generation”, and by PBS, USA as “Inspirational”. Irish Music Magazine declared “Lisa Lambe is a major Irish voice. A stylish songwriter with a sound that is original and enduring”. She was […]
