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X-WR-CALNAME:Galway · tonight · 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: Walking Tour of Some Galway Institutions DTSTART:20260918T160000Z DTEND:20260918T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260911T181522Z UID:10001308-1789750800-1789758000@galwaycitymuseum.ie CATEGORIES:free,outdoors 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\nT he theme of this year’s Culture Night walkabout is Life in Galway’s In stitutions. Speakers from the University of Galway and elsewhere will intr oduce some institutions and discuss life within their walls. \nThis free e vent will start promptly at 5 pm\, at the entrance to the Galway City Muse um. Participants should turn up in good time\, prepared for any weather ev entuality. The walkabout will proceed from the Museum to a number of other sites around the city\, with different speakers presenting for 7-8 minute s at each. \nThe event\, which is coordinated by John Cunningham and Brend an McGowan\, as part of Galway City Museums Culture Night programme\, is s upported by the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society. \n  \nSpeak ers and Topics\n5.00 Introduction : John Cunningham \n5.05 Salthill Indust rial School : Sarah-Anne Buckley \n5.13 St Anne’s Industrial School\, Le naboy : Conall Ó Fatharta \n5.26 Institutions in the writings of Pádraic Ó Conaire : Brendan McGowan \n5.40 Orphans’ Breakfast Institutes : Mar y Cunningham \n5.49 Magdalen Asylum : Lorraine Grimes \n6.04 Galway Mendic ity Institute : John Cunningham \n6.18 Children in Galway Gaol : Geraldine Curtin \n6.32 The Galway Workhouse : Sorcha Clarke \n  \nParticipants ar e also encouraged to visit the exhibition in the Museum\, ‘Survivor Stor ies: Tuam and Ireland’s Institutional Past’\, which runs until 19 Sept ember 2026. \nCulture Night is supported by The Arts Council / An Chomhai rle Ealaíon and the Galway City Arts Office \nPhoto: Aerial view over the site of St Joseph’s Industrial School\, Galway. GCM Collection. LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T181522Z LOCATION:Galway City Museum\, Galway City Museum\, Galway\, H91 CX5P\, Ire land URL:https://galwaycitymuseum.ie/event/culture-night-walking-tour-of-some-g alway-institutions/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=ga lway-ireland X-SOURCE-NAME:Galway City Museum X-SOURCE-URL:https://galwaycitymuseum.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CULTURE NIGHT: Operatic Performance - A Journey Around the EU in S ong DTSTART:20260918T164500Z DTEND:20260918T174500Z DTSTAMP:20260812T160152Z UID:10001309-1789753500-1789757100@galwaycitymuseum.ie CATEGORIES:free,music,theater 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  \nIn this operatic performance\, themes of mythical creatures (Inspired by The Crane)\, travel (inspired by The Galway Hooker)\, love death/memory ( inspired by The Funeral Pall) and love (inspired by The Claddagh Ring) wil l be explored by soprano Helen Hancock with Ramin Haghjoo\, piano\, throug h songs and arias from Ireland\, Austria\, Germany\, Czechia\, France\, It aly\, Hungary from composers including Mozart\, Strauss\, Wagner\, Fauré\ , Duparc\, Lehár\, Dvořák\, Thomas Moore\, and Ina Boyle. \nThis event will take place in the Monument exhibition gallery on Level 0. \nSuitable for All Ages. Free – No Booking Required \nCulture Night is supported by  The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon and the Galway City Arts Offic e \nPhoto:  Soprano Helen Hancock. Copyright Marshall Light Studio. LAST-MODIFIED:20260812T160152Z LOCATION:Galway City Museum\, Galway City Museum\, Galway\, H91 CX5P\, Ire land URL:https://galwaycitymuseum.ie/event/culture-night-operatic-performance-a -journey-around-the-eu-in-song/?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:Caomhnú Lú - For the Birds DTSTART:20260918T170000Z DTEND:20260918T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260907T050147Z UID:22595-1789754400-1789758000@www.harpireland.ie CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Cruit Éireann|Harp Ireland’s Caomhnú Lú commission\, For the Birds\, by composer Donnchadh MacAodha in collaboration with Music Gen eration Louth Harp Ensemble\, is a three-part contemporary work focusing on Louth’s natural environment and unique harping legacy. This new conte mporary commission for solo harp and ensemble is a musical response to the birdlife of County Louth\, drawing on the Louth Bird Report and its recor d of activity along the county’s coastline over twelve months. Dundalk B ay and the wider Louth coast are vital habitats for the many species that pass through and settle here\, and this piece meditates on the fragility o f that world in the face of climate change. Bird calls and songs are evoke d throughout\, tracking the arrival and departure of different species fro m spring to winter. \nYoung Ensemble harpers are led by renowned local har per and teacher\, Deirdre Ní Bhuachalla with performances on Culture Nigh t on September 18th and on Cruit Éireann|Harp Ireland’s global celebrat ion of the harp\, Lá na Cruite|Harp Day\, on October 17th. Green activist Mark Deary leads a special open forum and discussion capturing community responses and views at Highlanes Gallery on Culture Night. \nFor the Birds  is accompanied by specially curated images by videographer\, Seán McMah on projected on the gallery walls of familiar places throughout the county – already suffering the consequences of climate change and severe flood ing. During the performance the audience will experience an immersive soun d and visual landscape resonating with the piece and the current evolving climate crisis. \nDate: Friday 18th September\, Culture Night\nTime: 6pm\n Venue: Highlanes Gallery\, 36 Saint Laurence Street\, Drogheda\, A92 F7PH LAST-MODIFIED:20260907T050147Z LOCATION:Highlanes Gallery\, 36 Saint Laurence Street\, Drogheda\, Leinste r\, A92 F7PH\, Ireland URL:https://www.harpireland.ie/showevent/caomhnu-lu-for-the-birds/?utm_sou rce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=galway-ireland X-SOURCE-NAME:Harp Ireland X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.harpireland.ie/harp-day-2022-schedule 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:Christy Moore DTSTART:20260918T190000Z DTEND:20260918T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260728T095930Z UID:1668-1789761600-1789761600@www.leisureland.ie CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:One of the most compelling and inspirational musicians Ireland has ever seen\, Christy has a universal fan base and still continues to e ntertain\, cementing him as an Irish icon. \nIt is his deep urge to connec t with the listener and to transmit the meaning of the songs he sings that has endeared him to audiences of all ages. \nChristy has released 30 solo albums from ‘Paddy on the Road’ (1969) through to his multi-platinu m pair of live albums\, ‘On the Road’ and ‘Magic Nights’ (2017 & 2019). Christy’s latest album ‘Flying Into Mystery’ was release d in 2021 (Hot Press Folk Album of the Year). LAST-MODIFIED:20260728T095930Z LOCATION:Leisureland Galway\, Salthill\, Galway\, Ireland URL:https://www.leisureland.ie/calendar/christy-moore-9/?utm_source=caldis covery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=galway-ireland X-SOURCE-NAME:Leisureland X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.leisureland.ie/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Culture Night: Ceol Ársa Cláirsí DTSTART:20260918T190000Z DTEND:20260918T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260907T050147Z UID:22599-1789761600-1789768800@www.harpireland.ie CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:A Celebration of Irish Harp Music from the 17th & 18th Centuri es \nStep into the rich and atmospheric world of early Irish harpers’ mu sic with Ceol Ársa Cláirsí\, a musical experience that brings the uniqu e sound of the 17th and 18th centuries vividly to life. This performance s howcases the music of legendary harper-composers such as Turlough Carolan\ , Thomas Connellan\, and Ruairí Dall Ó Catháin\, taken from original Ir ish and Scottish sources. \nFeaturing a remarkable ensemble of leading mus icians – Cormac Breatnach\, Steve Cooney\, Aisling Ennis\, Malachy Robin son\, and Eamon Sweeney – the programme showcases the distinctive textur es of gut-strung and wire-strung instruments alongside traditional instrum entation\, anchored by the unmistakable voice of the modern Irish harp. \n With a sound described by audiences as “unique and mesmerising\,” Ceol Ársa Cláirsí offers a rare opportunity to experience Ireland’s harp tradition\, and how it has permeated the repertoire\, through a historical ly-informed and immersive performance. \nDate: Friday 18th September\, Cu lture Night\nTime: 8pm (doors 7:30pm)\nVenue: The Courthouse Arts Centre\, Dwyer Square\, Tinahely\, County Wicklow\, Y14 X099 LAST-MODIFIED:20260907T050147Z LOCATION:The Courthouse Arts Centre\, Dwyer Square\, Tinahely\, Leinster\, Y14 X099\, Ireland URL:https://www.harpireland.ie/showevent/culture-night-features-ceol-arsa- clairsi/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=galway-irelan d X-SOURCE-NAME:Harp Ireland X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.harpireland.ie/harp-day-2022-schedule END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR