The ‘Galway Arts Controversies’ walking tour is curated and led by Dr John Cunningham and Dr Sarah-Anne Buckley of the University of Galway, who will be joined by several expert speakers for an informative ramble through the streets of Galway.

This event is free of charge and no booking is required. The tour will begin at 5pm sharp in the courtyard of Galway City Museum (H91 CX5P). This is an outdoor event, so please dress for the weather.

Please note that Galway City Museum will remain open until 8pm for Culture Night – galleries close at 7.45pm.

Suitable for adults and young people aged 16+

PROGRAMME

‘Cultural Controversies in 20^th century Galway’, free Culture Night (20 Sept.)

Walking Tour featuring eight speakers.

Arranged by Dr John Cunningham and Dr Sarah-Anne Buckley, University of Galway, in association with the Galway City Museum. Arrive in good time prepared for all weather eventualities

5.00 (Entrance to Galway City Museum) : Brief introduction, JOHN CUNNINGHAM & SARAH-ANNE BUCKLEY

5.05: (Spanish Arch area) : Nudity in Leisureland, GARY MCMAHON

5.15: (Pálás Cinema) : The Galway Film Society, Hail-Mary, the university, and the prayer groups, JAMES C. HARROLD

5.30: (Druid Theatre) : Murphy’s Law: staging controversies, JONATHAN HANNON

5.40 (City Library, Augustine Street) : Opposition by those in authority in the 1920s to the idea of a public library, PAT MCMAHON

5.50: (Milano’s Middle Street) : Walter Macken and the crawthumpers, MARY CUNNINGHAM

6.00: (An Taibhdhearc, Middle Street) : Representing ourselves, disgracing ourselves again: keeping Irish language theatre lit! AODH Ó COILEÁIN

6.15 (Matt O’Flaherty’s Pharmacy) : George A. Birmingham and his ‘sheepish finger-sucking maid’, JOHN CUNNINGHAM

6.30: (outside Cathedral) : Galway Cathedral: ‘a ghastly monstrosity’? BRENDAN O’MAHONY

Picture shows protest against screening of Jean-Luc Godard’s Je vous salue Marie (Hail Mary) at University College Galway, 1986

Bígí linn agus bígí spreagtha!