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The album, a moveable feast of Irish culture, will be launched in Galway next week, at Monroe’s Live on Friday, June 20, at 7:30pm.

Galway name Ó Loingsigh/Lynch is set to feature in this Sunday’s episode of Sloinne, the TG4 series exploring the history of some of Ireland’s most widespread surnames.

With one week to go before the 2025 Galway Folk Festival, excitement is building as the city transforms into a vibrant hub of folk, roots, and traditional music.

Galway Folk Festival has announced the final line-up for its 2025 edition, featuring a mix of international artists and outstanding Irish talent from the folk, roots, and traditional music scenes.

The Galway Senior Camogie team travel to Cork this weekend as the top two of Division 1A face-off in a bid to make the league final. Galway can only be caught by Tipperary who sit two points behind going into the last game of the group phase.

Renowned UK singer-songwriter, Lloyd Cole, and celebrated Montreal songsmith, Martha Wainwright, are among this year’s stellar line-up at the Galway Folk Festival 2025, taking place from June 4th-8th in various venues across the city.

By Seán O'Casey

James Hardiman, in his history of Galway lists the fuels available in Galway long ago as coal, turf and bog deal. Bog deal was mostly the roots of trees that had been grown over by the bog over the centuries. It was regarded as a nuisance by the turf cutter who likes nice clean lines as he used his sleán. The turf men usually threw this timber up on top of the bog. It gave out a lot of sparkle, like a mini firework, while it burned in the grate.

The Galway Folk Festival has earned its place among the top ten Irish festivals of 2024, and early bird tickets are now on sale for the 2025 event, taking place from Wednesday, June 4th to Sunday, June 8th.

The Matt Keane and Family Concerts will take place at the Claregalway Hotel next year, on Friday, January 4, and Saturday, January 5.