Archives and Special Collections - University of Galway Library

The 28th of February next marks the 130th anniversary of the birth of the author Padraic O Conaire. Perhaps best known as a short-story writ...

The staff of the Special Collections and Archives service in the James Hardiman Library have created a photographic display to celebrate the...

Currently in the process of being catalogued here at the James Hardiman Library is the Music for Galway Archive . Music for Galway is a grou...

This year marks the thirtieth birthday of the Hawk’s Well Theatre in Sligo. As well as being a home to theatre for the people and communit...

A Corner of Killeany Village, Aranmore A recent initiative here at the James Hardiman Library saw the contribution and sharing of some ...

Last Saturday marked the 50 th anniversary of the death of Barry Fitzgerald, the well-known actor. Born William Joseph Shields in 1888, he ...

Today marked the anniversary of the death of James Joyce in 1941. A sense of the pressures faced by Nora Barnacle in the immediate aftermath...