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X-WR-CALNAME:Galway · arts · next 7 days · CalDiscovery BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:England Tour 2026 - The National Motor Museum - 18 Sep 26 00:00 DTSTART:20260917T230000Z DTEND:20260925T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T201522Z UID:352@irishjagclub.ie CATEGORIES:arts,outdoors DESCRIPTION:Join this three centre driving tour\, starting with a two nigh t stay in the Cotswold's where you will discover the rolling green hills\, white limestone villages and cosy country pubs paired with a trip to the British Motor Museum in Gaydon\, home to over 400 iconic vehicles. After y our stay in the Cotswold's\, you will then venture south to the New Forest \, where you will enjoy a two night stay in the heart of the beautiful Nat ional Park. During your time here you will visit the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu with exclusive reserved parking and tickets to the museum\, a rranged by us.\n\nFrom here\, you will then venture north towards Holyhead for your return ferry home\, but before this\, en route\, you will enjoy an evening in the breathtaking Brecon Beacons. The following day you will take on the final leg of your trip where you can take on the twist and tur ns of the mountain roads or the stunning coastal roads of Wales\, the choi ce is yours! Your final night will be in the heart of Eryri National Park\ , Snowdonia before taking the short drive to the ferry port the following morning.\n\n \n\nWHAT'S INCLUDED?\n\n6 night/7 day tour departing on 18th September 2026\n\n* Return Stena Line Ferry crossing\n\n* 2 nights' accom modation in the Cotswold's\n\n* 2 nights' accommodation at in the heart of the New Forest\n\n* 1 night accommodation at in the Brecon Beacons\n\n* 1 night accommodation in Eryri National Park\, Snowdonia\n\nEntry to Nation al Motor Museum in Beaulieu with reserved museum parking\n\nBreakfast inc luded each morning at the hotels\n\n4 dinners included\n\nEach car will re ceive a comprehensive Road Book\, which will feature details and maps on a ttractions and places of interest throughout your tour.\n\nBespoke rally plate for each car that will be tailored to the group's specifications.\n\ nFull financial protection via ABTOT\n\n24 hour on call tour support\n\nCo st is £1099 per person sharing and the single cost is £1549.\n \n\nMore information is in the current IJDC Growler magazine.\nThe tour is limted to 20 cars so please Contact Us if interested. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T201522Z LOCATION:The National Motor Museum\, Beaulieu\, Brockenhurst\, SO42 7ZN\, United Kingdom URL:https://www.irishjagclub.ie/events/england-tour-2026/?utm_source=caldi scovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=galway-ireland X-SOURCE-NAME:CLASSIC CAR EVENTS X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.irishjagclub.ie/other-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CULTURE NIGHT: Tráidisiún Áitiúil – Amhráin agus Ceol DTSTART:20260918T150000Z DTEND:20260918T155500Z DTSTAMP:20260806T002701Z UID:10001307-1789747200-1789750500@galwaycitymuseum.ie CATEGORIES:arts,free,music DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Culture Night 2026 at Galway City Museum with a pack ed programme of free events\, including live music\, storytelling and a gu ided walking tour of the town. The Museum will remain open until 8pm.\n  \nJoin singer and multi-instrumentalist Gráinne Cotter and friends for Tr áidisiún Áitiúil – Amhráin agus Ceol (Local Tradition: Songs and Mu sic)\, a lively session of traditional Irish music and song celebrating th e music and songs of Galway musicians and composers. \nWeather permitting\ , this event will take place in the Museum Courtyard\; in the event of wet weather\, the session will move indoors to Galway City Museum. \nSuitable for All Ages. Free – No Booking Required \nCulture Night is supported b y The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon and the Galway City Arts Offi ce LAST-MODIFIED:20260806T002701Z LOCATION:Galway City Museum\, Galway City Museum\, Galway\, H91 CX5P\, Ire land URL:https://galwaycitymuseum.ie/event/culture-night-traidisiun-aitiuil-amh rain-agus-ceol/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=galway -ireland X-SOURCE-NAME:Galway City Museum X-SOURCE-URL:https://galwaycitymuseum.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CULTURE NIGHT: At Home in the Hedges – Stories & Songs of the La nd DTSTART:20260918T180000Z DTEND:20260918T183000Z DTSTAMP:20260812T160152Z UID:10001310-1789758000-1789759800@galwaycitymuseum.ie CATEGORIES:arts,free,literary,music DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Culture Night 2026 at Galway City Museum with a pack ed programme of free events\, including live music\, storytelling and a gu ided walking tour of the town. The Museum will remain open until 8pm.\n  \nThe Moth & Butterfly Tellers invite you on a captivating journey throug h stories and songs of the land. Moth & Butterfly is a storytelling and ar ts collective based in Galway. \nThis event will take place in the Educati on Room on Level 2. \nSuitable for All Ages. Free – No Booking Required \nCulture Night is supported by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon and the Galway City Arts Office LAST-MODIFIED:20260812T160152Z LOCATION:Galway City Museum\, Galway City Museum\, Galway\, H91 CX5P\, Ire land URL:https://galwaycitymuseum.ie/event/culture-night-at-home-in-the-hedges- stories-songs-of-the-land/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_camp aign=galway-ireland X-SOURCE-NAME:Galway City Museum X-SOURCE-URL:https://galwaycitymuseum.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:INTERACTIVE DEMONSTRATION: Weaving Traditions DTSTART:20260919T110000Z DTEND:20260919T130000Z DTSTAMP:20260911T181522Z UID:10001313-1789819200-1789826400@galwaycitymuseum.ie CATEGORIES:arts,education DESCRIPTION:Join textile weaver Jean Moran for a live demonstration of t raditional weaving and yarn spinning using a floor loom and spinning wheel . Visitors will have an opportunity to try weaving and spinning for themse lves and learn about the rich history of weaving in Ireland\, the Claddagh Shawl\, and related textile traditions. \nJean Moran is a textile weaver and a 2014 graduate of Centre for Creative Arts and Media at ATU Galway. I nspired by Ireland’s textile heritage\, she has developed her own interp retation of the traditional Claddagh Shawl. \nOn display during the event will be two Claddagh Shawls woven by Jean in 2026 on her floor loom using Donegal yarn from Kilcar. Woven in soft beige and fawn tones\, with white patterned borders and tasselled finishes\, these contemporary interpretati ons celebrate the craftsmanship and legacy of this distinctive textile tra dition. \nNo booking required – simply drop in anytime between 12pm and 2pm. All materials will be provided. \nSuitable for all ages LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T181522Z LOCATION:Galway City Museum\, Galway City Museum\, Galway\, H91 CX5P\, Ire land URL:https://galwaycitymuseum.ie/event/interactive-demonstration-weaving-tr aditions/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=galway-irela nd X-SOURCE-NAME:Galway City Museum X-SOURCE-URL:https://galwaycitymuseum.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Museum Lates DTSTART:20260924T160000Z DTEND:20260924T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260911T181522Z UID:10001314-1790269200-1790283600@galwaycitymuseum.ie CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Galway City Council’s Museum Lates is part of Galway’s Nig ht-Time Economy Programme. The initiative extends Museum opening hours on the last Thursday of every month from June to December 2026\, with a free programme of immersive performances\, talks\, workshops and events taking place between 5pm and 9pm. \nFunded through the Department of Culture\, Co mmunications and Sport’s After Hours at the Museum scheme\, with support from Galway City Council\, Museum Lates contributes to a thriving\, diver se and accessible evening cultural offering in the heart of the city. The initiative also strengthens Galway’s tourism appeal by extending cultura l activity into the evening\, encouraging visitors to spend more time in t he city centre and experience Galway’s heritage and creativity after dar k. \nMuseum Lates offers a unique opportunity to explore the Museum’s co llections and exhibitions outside regular opening hours while enjoying liv e music\, engaging talks\, creative workshops and community events in an e xciting evening setting. \n  \nSCREENING and DISCUSSION: Dear Daughter: 3 0th Anniversary Screening\, 6pm\, Education Room\nGalway City Museum will host a special screening of Dear Daughter on Thursday 24 September 2026 a t 6pm\, marking 30 years since the landmark documentary was first broadcas t. \nDear Daughter was one of several television documentaries (including Lentin’s Stolen Lives (1999) among others\, which led to the official Co mmission to Inquire into Child Abuse (2000-2009). The film was awarded the Creative Excellence Award at the US International Film and TV Festival 19 96\, also was nominated for Best Social and Political Documentary\, Banff Television Festival\, 1996. It was also included in the final short-list f or recognition in UNESCO Memory of the World (2025). \nDirected by Louis L entin\, Dear Daughter centres on survivor and campaigner Christine Buckle y\, who recounts her childhood in Goldenbridge Industrial School and her d etermined search for her parents. First broadcast in 1996\, it was the fir st televised documentary to expose the abuse of children in Ireland’s in dustrial schools and played a significant role in bringing survivors’ ex periences into public consciousness. \nThe screening will be followed by a discussion featuring Christine’s daughter\, Clíona Buckley\, chaired b y Dr Sarah-Anne Buckley. Other survivors will also be in attendance on the evening. \n  \nTALK: ’14 Flags of Belonging’\, Talk as part of Archi tecture at the Edge Festival 2026\, 6pm\, Ground Floor Galleries\nMeet the Artists behind a brand new public art flag display on Druid lane for the Architecture at the Edge Festival 2026. The artists vibrant designs entitl ed ‘14 Flags of Belonging’ will adorn the Galway skies from 17th to 27 th September 2026. \nThese flags are a nod to the 14 Tribes of Galway\,   created in response to the festivals theme for 2026 ‘Le Chéile – th e Architectures of Belonging’ . The 14 commissioned designers have worke d to create a series of symbolic flags which represent various identities and communities in the city and speak to a place\, a feeling\, a tribe or community\, a memory\, and/or ideas and concepts around collective ideas o f belonging\, wellbeing\, identity\, imagination and purpose. \n’14 Flag s of Belonging’\, is part of the Culture Night Late programme\, funded b y the Arts Council and the Department of Culture\, Communications and Spor t under the Night-Time Economy programme with support from Galway City Cou ncil Arts Office. \nShane O’Driscoll is a Cork-based visual artist and art director. He is a full time artist that practices mainly in printmaki ng. Shane has artwork in the permanent collection of The National Galler y of Ireland\, Crawford Gallery Cork\, Trinity College Dublin\, Glucksman Museum UCC\, and UCD. \nHe is also Co director of Ardú Street Art Project \, an initiative that has brought a number of large scale contemporary mur als to Cork City. \nIn 2024\, he was an artist in residence for Team Irela nd at the Paris Olympics\, where he was commissioned to create an artwork to commemorate 100 years of Team Ireland. His art was an integral part of the Team Ireland campaign \nArchitectureAtTheEdge.com \n  \nCEOL: Olan Mo nk\, 7.30pm\, Ground Floor Galleries\nOlan Monk is a musician\, performer and writer from Cois Fharraige\, Conamara. \nTheir practice involves exper imental and popular songwriting\, performing as a solo act and in collabor ation with other musicians\, including recordings and performances with Ac tress\, Ashley Paul\, Elvin Brandhi\, James K\, Maria Somerville\, Michael Speers\, Moin\, Princ€ss and Shampain. They co-founded C.A.N.V.A.S. wit h Lugh O’Neill as an events series and record label\, established in 201 8 to give collective agency to an increasingly dispersed community of arti sts. \nIn 2025\, they released Songs for Nothing\, their second LP and AD 93 label debut. The album is a collection of songs and instrumentals that veers between collaged pop\, machinic rock and slow airs\; featuring contr ibutions from Maria Somerville\, Risteárd Ó’hAodha (of Princ€ss)\, P eadar Tom Mercier (of Trá Pháidín)\, Aindriú de Buitléir\, Róisín B erkeley\, Michael Speers and Dylan Kerr. They are currently touring as a s olo performer and with collaborating performers in ever-evolving arrangeme nts.\nolanmonk.com LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T181522Z LOCATION:Galway City Museum\, Galway City Museum\, Galway\, H91 CX5P\, Ire land URL:https://galwaycitymuseum.ie/event/museum-lates-2/?utm_source=caldiscov ery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=galway-ireland X-SOURCE-NAME:Galway City Museum X-SOURCE-URL:https://galwaycitymuseum.ie END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR