Galway

50 Reasons to Visit Galway By Katie Harrington at Oracular Spectacular 1:) The Spanish Arch: The Spanish Arch, built in 1584, was an extension of the Galway city wall. These days however, the Corrib-side attraction is more commonly known as a summer-time drinking spot. “Sparch-ing”, as the younger generation call it, is a far better pastime than, say, going to lectures for the population of nearby NUIG. 2:) Michael D Higgins: He’s an intellectual, a cultural theorist, a political scientist, a poet, a champion of social justice and human rights and now he’s our President. His origins are Clare...

THRILLER AT SUPERMAC’S GALWAY   Transition Year Students from the Presentation College, Currylea, Tuam, Galway landed down at Supermacs on the Headford road at lunch time, to give some of the punters a scare and get some others up dancing. They hope to raise money for the School and the Peita House Foundation by a donation from Supermacs for every hit they get from this video, so share with your...

First headline acts announced for Galway Volvo Ocean Race Stopover   Maverick Sabre, Sharon Shannon together with 42-piece Orchestra, The Stunning, Ryan Sheridan, Hot 8 Brass Band, The Kanyu Tree, Túcan, The Deans, Stephen James & Band, The Amazing Apples, Youth Ballet West are the first headliners announced for the grand finale of the Volvo Ocean Race in Galway this summer. 30th April 2012- The Volvo Ocean Race, today announced the first wave of the entertainment line up that is part of the Volvo Ocean Race Festival running from June 30 to July 8. The event is expected to attract a whopping...

Rock the Boat Salthill The weather was execellent & so was the turnout for the Rock The Boat Event in aid of Ability West in Salthill today. Galway Photographer Feargal Norton  kindly took some photographs of the event for Galway.com Make sure and check out Feargals Blog for more excellent Galway Photos Unfortunatelty the World Record was not broken today The previous record stands at 1428 and to break that we need at least 1429 participants. According to the Guinness Book of Records rules, participants must perform the dance routine simultaneously at a single venue for five minutes to the music of...