The largest free event in the West of Ireland, the annual Macnas Parade Savage Grace will take place in Galway on Sunday 30th October 2016 at 5.30pm, in association with the Latin Quarter. Macnas is supported by The Arts Council of Ireland and Galway City Council. Crowds of over 44,000 people have attended this spectacular … Read more
Below is the route of this year’s Macnas Halloween Parade, The Shadow Lighter, leaving from Fisheries Field approx 5.30, Salmon Weir Bridge, Eglington St, Shop St, High St, Quay St, and finishing around Fr. Griffin Rd. Wheelchair accessible viewing is available at the Galway Cathedral. Follow Macnas on Twitter & Facebook for updates!
Star of the Sea by Moonfish Theatre is an adaptation of the eponymous Joseph O’Connor novel currently on a nationwide tour. From the outset there are moments of captivating stagecraft, from yardbrushes mimicking the sound of the sea to handwritten transitions and translations projected onto oversized scraps of manuscripts and ledgers. The narrative jumps in … Read more
A lovely local wedding for me recently in the Claregalway Hotel where I entertained the guests during the drinks reception.
Here Macnas’ artistic director Noeline Kavanagh sets out how Macnas was born of a visit to Galway by Spanish company Els Comediants, the release it brought to a recession stricken Galway, and how you can keep in touch with and help continue the company in its modern iteration. It was late summer, 1985, in Galway. … Read more
I was entertaining and doing a bit of fundraising on Saturday night. Shane Lennon is one of the founders of the Manuela Riedo Foundation and ran the Connemarathon with 40 or so friends last weekend to celebrate turning 40 and to raise funds for the foundation. On Saturday night he’d a bash in the g … Read more