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The week between Passion Sunday and Easter Sunday is the most sacred of the church year, and will be celebrated in solemn fashion in Galway Cathedral.

A sung service of prayer for the solemnity of St Nicholas, patron of the Cathedral, and of Galway city, takes place in the Cathedral on Tuesday 6 December at 7:30pm.

Christmas is one of the most joyful seasons of the church year, and is celebrated in the Cathedral with appropriate solemnity. Here are details of the various events taking place at this time.

Here also are details of confessions in the days before Christmas.

The Three Tenors will sing a concert in the Cathedral on Saturday 3 December 2016 at 8:00pm.

The A Capella Knights sing two concerts in the Cathedral on Sunday 11 December 2017, with proceeds going to the Galway Simon Community.

Battle of the Organs! - A concert of music for two organs for Culture Night, Friday 16 September 2016, at 7:00pm.

The choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge, visits the Cathedral on Tuesday 12 July 2016, when it sings at the 6:00pm mass and gives a short recital afterwards.

Admission to the recital is free; all are wecome.

The Waterbury Chorale, from Connecticut in the USA, gives a concert in the Cathedral on Friday 1 July 2016 at 8:00pm. The choir is directed by Joseph Jacovino Jr, and accompanied on the organ by Jenny Li.

Admission is free, and all are welcome.

Maynooth University String Ensemble, directed by Sébastian Petiet, is joined by sopranos Erin Dollard and Nicola Lahert for a performance of Pergolesi's wonderful Stabat Mater Dolorosa. The concert takes place in the Cathedral at 20:00 on Saturday 16 April 2016.

The week between Passion Sunday and Easter Sunday is the most sacred of the church year, and will be celebrated in solemn fashion in Galway Cathedral.