Atlantic Technological University, ATU Galway-Mayo Exhibition Celebrating Fifty Years of Technological Higher Education in the West of Ireland, 1972–2022 This year, the former Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) commemorates the Golden Jubilee anniversary of its foundation. On Monday 18 September 1972, the first students commenced their studies at the then Regional Technical College (RTC), Galway. …

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The Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed in December 1921, was a negotiated compromise settlement that granted limited independence to 26 Irish counties – the Irish Free State. The agreement effectively dissolved the Irish Republic proclaimed in 1916, mandated in 1918, established in 1919 and defended in arms. As a result, the Irish nationalist movement split between supporters …

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Celebrating Harps Together: Harpers Unite, Celebrate and Collaborate Harps Together Lá na Cruite │Harp Day 2022 takes place on Saturday October 15th with live and online events planned all over the world. For the sixth year in a row, Irish harpers extend a warm invitation to harpers everywhere to join with them in celebrating the …

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Borderland – Ukraine 2022 is a series of images taken by award-winning documentary photographer Karen Cox. On February 24th 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine initiating a war in which thousands have lost their lives and millions have fled or are internally displaced. It is reported that almost 8 million Ukrainians have left the country as refugees. …

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LIVE MUSIC POSTERS – GALWAY CITY 1977-1982 The title of this exhibition is inspired by The Jam album of the same name. This title reflects the societal and musical changes happening in Ireland during this period. Lyrics such as ‘Septic Isle, Suffer in the Screaming sea ‘by The Boomtown Rats in their 1981 hit ‘Banana …

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SUPERHUMAN, is a new exhibition that celebrates collaboration, creativity and innovation in medical technology (medtech) research in Ireland. This exhibition by CÚRAM (the SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices – a national centre based at University of Galway), in collaboration with Galway City Museum, showcases the development of Galway and Ireland as a medtech hub …

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Cartoonists from all around the world express what AI means to them in this new exhibition, Artificial Idiocy. It was Tuam-born engineer and social philosopher Michael Cooley, founder of the journal AI & Society, who coined the term "human-centred systems". He foresaw Artificial Intelligence as a tool that extended our will, enabling us to create …

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