Cathedral News

The inaugural Galway Camino pilgrim walk to seven holy sites around Galway city will take place on Saturday 23 September 2017 from 12 noon and takes in Galway Cathedral, the Poor Clare convent in Nuns' Island, St Nicholas' Collegiate Church, the Franciscan Abbey, the Augustinian Church, the Dominican Church in the Claddagh and St Joseph’s Church.

"Breath upon the Flame" - a candlelit concert of traditional music re-imagined for voice, brass, strings and percussion, featuring Eimear Quinn and Dublin Brass Ensemble.

St Hildegard of Bingen (1098 - 1179), abbess, musician, visionary and writer.

The Esker Festival Orchestra, conducted by Peter Joyce, gives a concert in the Cathedral on Friday 25 August at 8:00pm. The programme includes Tchaikovsky's Symphony no. 6 ("Pathetique") and Maher's Songs of a Wayfarer with mezzo-soprano Caroln Holt. Tikects are €15 (concessions €10) at the door.

Maximilan Kolbe gave his life for a fellow prisoner in Auschwitz in 1941.

Feast day: 17 July

The relics of Saint Teresa of Calcutta will visit the Cathedral on Wednesday 28 June and Thursday 29 June 2017.

Charlottesville High School Orchestra, from the USA, gives a concert in the Cathedral on Sunday 25 June 2017 at 8:00pm. Admission is free.

Galway Baroque Singers are joined by Dún Laoghaire Choral Society for a concert of music by Vivaldi for choir and orchestra. The concert takes place on Saturday 17 June 2017 at 8:00pm.

The Lake Houston Chamber Singers, from Texas in the USA, give a concert in the Cathedral on Sunday 11 June 2017 at 7:30pm.