AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoHalloween Heritage: Derry’s 40th Halloween festival drew a huge turnout, with five days of parades, performances and family events celebrating the city’s Samhain roots. Community Life: Ballina social-inclusion group Craoibhín has appointed Úna Morris as manager; its programme spans arts, music, language groups and exercise for adults of all ages. Irish Heritage: A €7.5 million museum dedicated to the Lusitania is planned for Kinsale, with construction hoped to begin by 2028 and opening targeted for 2030. Books and Ideas: Gulliver’s Travels turns 300, prompting fresh attention to how Jonathan Swift’s Irish experience shaped the satire. Sport and Society: Historians Mike Cronin and Cormac Moore discussed their forthcoming Atlas of Irish Sport, exploring the links between sport, religion, gender and Ireland’s history. Arts and Wellbeing: Nigerian-Irish author Dexter Loko won the 2026 Chinua Achebe Prize, while nearly 200 people attended a Carlow workshop on menopause, nutrition and lifestyle.
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