Archives and Special Collections - University of Galway Library

The opening of the new Lyric Theatre in Belfast is just weeks away, built on the site of the demolished old theatre on Ridgeway Street. Wi...

One of the more interesting/unusual pieces I have come across so far in the Galway Arts Festival archive is this wonderful press cutting ...

 Thomas Kilroy in 1968, promoting the Dublin Theatre Festival We can now formally announce the name and nature of the fifth theatre arc...

With a range of activities including establishing and running a theatre, directing plays, editing a literary magazine, serving as a city cou...

On St Patrick’s Day it seems appropriate to post an image from the Lyric Theatre archive to celebrate our national holiday. This is a progra...

This press cutting, from The Irish Press dated 27th February 1945 highlighted a little known facet of Siobhan McKenna's acting career. ...

  As discussed before on this blog, Mary O’Malley was an enthusiastic supporter of the dramas written by W.B. Yeats. Indeed the Lyric from ...