Galway Cultural Tours

08/11/2020

Dunsink Observatory in Dublin 15 was built in 1785 and is a unique part of the scientific and cultural heritage of Ireland. It has been home to many of Ireland’s greatest scientists, including Sir William Rowan Hamilton, and has played an important part in astronomical discovery and public engagem...

28/05/2020

09/02/2020

The Rose of Innisfree Tourboat is one of the highlights of the Yeats International Summer School Programme. It operates on the picturesque Lough Gill, in counties Sligo & Leitrim, Ireland. Experience some of the most spectacular scenery, spoken so fondly of by the poet WB Yeats, all from the comfort of this 72 seating magnificent vessel. Commentary on board. Full bar facilities available. Tea, Coffee & home baking a speciality. https://www.facebook.com/roseofinnisfree
https://www.yeatssociety.com/yeats-summer-school/

09/02/2020

New publising by esteemed authors .

Rosie Lavan is a guest speaker at this years Yeats International Summer School 2020. She is an Assistant Professor in the School of English at Trinity College Dublin. Her first book, Seamus Heaney and Society, was published earlier this year, and she is currently working with Bernard O’Donoghue on a major new edition of Heaney’s poems for Faber. More broadly, her research interests lie in twentieth-century literature in Ireland and Britain, and its cultural, social, and political contexts.
https://www.yeatssociety.com/yeats-summer-school/lecturers-and-readers-2019/

19/11/2019

Som of the great sights on the west coast of Ireland .

23/10/2019

Is Galway city that good ?

Lonely Planet has named Galway as one of the top ten cities to visit in their Best in Travel 2020 guide! Galway takes the mantle of 2020 European Capital of ...

22/10/2019

The Cultural Tours have ended for 2019 , but will begin again in early April 2020 with new energy .

19/10/2019

During the Autumn/Winter Season we are running one tour a week on Saturdays. We will have 'Introducing Joyce's Dublin' and 'Dubliners' tours on alternate weekends. See our Tour listings for more details & how to book: http://ow.ly/d9Aj50wtisd

19/10/2019

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16/10/2019

16/10/2019

Coole Park in Autumn with some great photos .

16/10/2019

Latin was part of our curriculum and now of legal importance too .

12/10/2019

The great songwriter and singer Bill Geoghehan

03/10/2019

The great video and hit song by Gavin James -Always .
now sung in french too .

26/09/2019

After reading these top health benefits of dandelion, you'll start picking them from your yard to use medicinally instead of destroying them with sprays.

22/09/2019

The Wild Swan Theatre group, in rehearsal this morning, at Thoor Ballylee. Their production of "Lady Gregory's Ingredients" will be staged at Thoor Ballylee on Sunday next 29 th Sept at 2. 30 pm as part of the Autumn Gathering. Tickets €10 available on the door.

20/09/2019

18/09/2019

18/09/2019

Naughtons Bar on Sunday night

16/09/2019

The splendid Oriental tree at Coole park has a resting place for the walker and the composer !

I like to stop and admire this beautiful and unusual tree on my walk in Coole Park. Today is a little cloudy and overcast. You can see the stone seat in the shadow of the tree where Lady Gregory sat and rested.

15/09/2019

O'Briens tower on a sunny day

01/09/2019

Glen Hansard in his own realm .

29/08/2019

This year's Doolin Writers' Weekend will be guest curated by Susan Tomaselli, founder and editor of the wonderful Gorse Literary Journal, join us in January in Doolin for the ninth edition(already) tickets on sale from www.doolinfestivals.ie

23/08/2019

The founder of the State and words of influence at key events and historic times .

On this day in 1922, Michael Collins died at Beál na Bláth. Many books have been written about him but 'The Path to Freedom' records his own words on the War of Independence, the Civil War, the foundation of the Free State and other contemporary issues. This is a rare, first edition of the book published in 1922.