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Events From Sat 12/09/2026 - Mon 12/10/2026
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From Sat 12/09/2026 - Mon 12/10/2026
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| Saturday 12th September 2026 | Discipline/Office/Unit | Time | Location |
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| More Birds Singing Exhibition | Philosophy | 00:01 | University Art Gallery, Quadrangle Building, South campus |
| Community Walking Tours: Saturday | ALIVE | 11:00 | Galway, Galway, Galway City Centre |
| Sáile Festival 2026 - Panel Discussion and Sáile Documentary Screening | Ryan Institute | 16:30 | Ryan Institute Annex |
| Monday 14th September 2026 | Discipline/Office/Unit | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction to R, data visualisation and linear mixed-effects models (2-days) | ILAS Seminar | 00:01 | G006, Institute for Lifecourse & Society |
| Philosophy for Children and the Problem of ‘Reasonableness’ | School of History and Philosophy | 12:00 | THB G010 Seminar Room |
| Public Lecture: Beyond the Secret Garden. Towards an Inclusive Children’s Literature | Philosophy | 16:00 | THB G010 Seminar Room |
| Ólympics – Beer Drinking Competition | Students Union | 18:00 | Sult |
| Tuesday 15th September 2026 | Discipline/Office/Unit | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Ploughing Championships 2026 | Community Engagement | 09:00 | Offaly, Tullamore, Screggan |
| SU Table at Clubs Day at the Kingfisher Sports Hall | Students Union | 12:00 | Kingfisher Club |
| Love Island Beach Party | Students Union | 19:00 | Sult |
| Wednesday 16th September 2026 | Discipline/Office/Unit | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional/Business Clothes Collection | Career Development Centre | 09:00 | Career Development Centre |
| SU Mature Students' Officer Election Nominations Open | Students Union | 10:00 | https://auth.yourspace.universityofgalway.ie/ |
| There is NO ceasefire & the contract with TECHNION remains | Campus Anti-Genocide Coalition | 13:00 | South gate entrance to university campus, University road |
| Organic Garden Meetup | Human Resources | 13:00 | Organic Garden |
| Choir Open Day | Staff Choir | 13:00 | The Cube, Aras Na Mac Léinn, NUI, Galway |
| Dr Connal Parr (Northumbria University), "Irish Strike or International Struggle? The Dunnes Stores Strike Revisited" | Dept. of History and the Irish Centre for the History of Labour and Class | 16:00 | Hardiman Building, Room G-010 |
| ALIVE & Chill weekly meet-ups | ALIVE | 17:30 | The View, Aras na Mac Leinn |
| Engineering the Future of Healthcare in the West | Career Development Centre | 18:00 | Kirwin Lecture Theatre, Arts Science Building |
| Thursday 17th September 2026 | Discipline/Office/Unit | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| More Birds Singing Exhibition | Philosophy | 00:01 | University Art Gallery, Quadrangle Building, South campus |
| Freshers' Fair | Students Union | 11:00 | Áras na Mac Léinn |
| Organic Garden Meetup | Human Resources | 13:00 | Organic Garden |
| AI Literacy for Researchers | James Hardiman Library | 14:00 | RDC room 118, Research & Innovation Centre |
| Celtic Tales storytelling show | School of Education | 19:30 | Galway, Galway City, The Crane Bar, Sea Road |
| Friday 18th September 2026 | Discipline/Office/Unit | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| More Birds Singing Exhibition | Philosophy | 00:01 | University Art Gallery, Quadrangle Building, South campus |
| Mastering Obesity: Many Voices, One Challenge. | School of Medicine | 09:00 | Galway, Galway City, Croí, The West of Ireland Cardiac Foundation |
| Ecological Playwriting and Theatre-Making in Ireland and the UK: Collaborative Approaches to the Environmental Crisis | Drama and Theatre | 09:30 | O'Donoghue Theatre |
| Berger at 100 - An International Research Symposium | School of Political Science and Sociology | 10:00 | THB-G010 & THB-G011 Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway |
| CÚRAM Seminar - "Volumetric Printing by Reverse Tomography: A New Paradigm in Additive Manufacturing" | CURAM | 11:00 | BSB Seminar Room Biomedical Sciences |
| THIRST: the societal and environmental costs of AI data centre expansion Dr. Kat Austen in conversation with Fiona McGarry, introduction by Dr. Paul O’Neill | Huston School of Film & Digital Media | 13:00 | Centre for Creative Technologies, O'Donoghue Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance |
| CULTURE NIGHT: Walking Tour of Some Galway Institutions | History | 17:00 | Galway, Galway City, Streets of Galway |
| What about M.E.? | Institute for Creativity/Arts in Action | 19:00 | O Donoghue Centre for Drama Theatre and Performance |
| Saturday 19th September 2026 | Discipline/Office/Unit | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| More Birds Singing Exhibition | Philosophy | 00:01 | University Art Gallery, Quadrangle Building, South campus |
| Class Rep Elections Online | Students Union | 09:00 | https://auth.yourspace.universityofgalway.ie/ |
| Community Health Summit | Community Engagement | 11:00 | ILAS Building, Foyer |
| Monday 21st September 2026 | Discipline/Office/Unit | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lab Coat + Goggle Giveaway at SU Office. Limited supply. | Students Union | 10:00 | SU Office |
| Nature Photo Walk | ALIVE | 12:00 | Biodiversity Trail |
| Human Library | Community Engagement | 13:00 | ILAS Building, Foyer |
| Free Outdoor Cinema | Students Union | 19:00 | Outside Alice Perry Engineering Building |
| Tuesday 22nd September 2026 | Discipline/Office/Unit | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beach Clean Up | ALIVE | 09:30 | Galway, Galway City, South Park Beach |
| Graduate Jobs Fair 2026 | Career Development Centre | 11:00 | Bailey Allen Hall |
| SU Sign Language Courses Start | Students Union | 12:00 | NUI Galway Students Union Boardroom, Upstairs, Aras na Mac Leinn |
| Translation Cafe: Dr. Mary Noonan. Translation as Transhumance: The Translation of Poetry. | College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies | 13:00 | Archives & Special Collections Training Room Hardiman Building |
| Starting your Research Data Management Plan | James Hardiman Library | 14:00 | RDC room 118, Research & Innovation Centre |
| Wednesday 23rd September 2026 | Discipline/Office/Unit | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| SU Online Pilates Course Starts | Students Union | 07:30 | https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/1998414382213?aff=oddtdtcreator |
| Organic Garden Meetup | Human Resources | 13:00 | Organic Garden |
| There is NO ceasefire & the contract with TECHNION remains | Campus Anti-Genocide Coalition | 13:00 | South gate entrance to university campus, University road |
| IHDI ECR Careers Event | Institute for Health Discovery and Innovation | 14:00 | Michael D. Higgins Auditorium (Aula Maxima Lower), Quadrangle |
| Dr Désha Osborne (Edinburgh University), "‘Hanum a diaul!’: Blackness, Othering, Assimilation and Re-Imagined Identities for Gaeltacht/Gàidhealtachd Settlers in the Caribbean" | Dept. of Histopry and the Centre for the Investigation of Transnational Encounters | 16:00 | Hardiman Building, G-011 |
| ALIVE & Chill weekly meet-ups | ALIVE | 17:30 | The View, Aras na Mac Leinn |
| Thursday 24th September 2026 | Discipline/Office/Unit | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| More Birds Singing Exhibition | Philosophy | 00:01 | University Art Gallery, Quadrangle Building, South campus |
| SU Stand at ALIVE Student Volunteering Fair | Students Union | 11:30 | Bailey Allen Hall |
| ALIVE Volunteering Fair | ALIVE | 11:30 | Bailen Allen Hall |
| Volunteering Fair | ALIVE | 11:30 | Bailen Allen Hall |
| Free Rapid HIV and Syphilis Testing | Students Union | 13:00 | The Space |
| Organic Garden Meetup | Human Resources | 13:00 | Organic Garden |
| "Finding Gibbet Hill" World Pharmacist Day | Pharmacy | 18:30 | G019 Large Lecture Theatre (ground floor) - Human Biology Building |
| Celtic Tales storytelling show | School of Education | 19:30 | Galway, Galway City, The Crane Bar, Sea Road |
| Friday 25th September 2026 | Discipline/Office/Unit | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| More Birds Singing Exhibition | Philosophy | 00:01 | University Art Gallery, Quadrangle Building, South campus |
| CONNECTING SUSTAINABLE WAYS: ESTONIA AND GALWAY | Ryan Institute | 09:00 | O Donoghue Centre for Drama Theatre and Performance |
| Saturday 26th September 2026 | Discipline/Office/Unit | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Misleór Festival of Nomadic Cultures | Community Engagement | 11:00 | O Donoghue Centre for Drama Theatre and Performance |
| Tuesday 29th September 2026 | Discipline/Office/Unit | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drug & Alcohol Support Drop In Clinic | Students Union | 14:00 | NUI Galway Students Union Boardroom, Upstairs, Aras na Mac Leinn |
| Self Defence Class | Students Union | 20:00 | Galway, Galway City, 8A Creaven House, The Claddagh, Galway City, H91 VF58 |
| Wednesday 30th September 2026 | Discipline/Office/Unit | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organic Garden Meetup | Human Resources | 13:00 | Organic Garden |
| There is NO ceasefire & the contract with TECHNION remains | Campus Anti-Genocide Coalition | 13:00 | South gate entrance to university campus, University road |
| Galway Neuroscience Centre Seminar | Galway Neuroscience Centre | 13:00 | THB-G010 Seminar Room, Hardiman Building |
| Prof. James Livesey (University of Galway), "Indigenous Political Economy? Ireland, Economic Institutions and the Atlantic Economy 1600-1799" | Dept. of History and the Centre for the Investigation of Transnational Encounters | 16:00 | Hardiman Building, G-011 |
| ALIVE & Chill weekly meet-ups | ALIVE | 17:30 | The View, Aras na Mac Leinn |
| Tech Futures West - Employer Panel Discussion | Career Development Centre | 18:00 | Kirwin Lecture Theatre, Arts Science Building |
| Thursday 01st October 2026 | Discipline/Office/Unit | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organic Garden Meetup | Human Resources | 13:00 | Organic Garden |
| Indoor Environment Quality in Naturally Ventilated Energy-Efficient Buildings | School of Natural Sciences | 13:00 | PHY102 Physics Arts Science Building |
| Celtic Tales storytelling show | School of Education | 19:30 | Galway, Galway City, The Crane Bar, Sea Road |
| Monday 05th October 2026 | Discipline/Office/Unit | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comhairle Chomhaltas na Mac Léinn 1 | Students Union | 18:00 | AC001 O'Flaherty Theatre |
| Tuesday 06th October 2026 | Discipline/Office/Unit | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| SU Irish Language Classes Start | Students Union | 18:00 | AC204 |
| Jigsaw Mental Health Workshop | Students Union | 18:30 | https://su.universityofgalway.ie/su-services/su-life-skills/jigsaw-5-a-day-for-mental-health/ |
| Self Defence Class | Students Union | 20:00 | Galway, Galway City, 8A Creaven House, The Claddagh, Galway City, H91 VF58 |
| Wednesday 07th October 2026 | Discipline/Office/Unit | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| There is NO ceasefire & the contract with TECHNION remains | Campus Anti-Genocide Coalition | 13:00 | South gate entrance to university campus, University road |
| Organic Garden Meetup | Human Resources | 13:00 | Organic Garden |
| Eco Café | Students Union | 13:00 | the Bridge |
| ReproducibiliTea Galway journal club | James Hardiman Library | 14:00 | Archives & Special Collections Training Room, James Hardiman Library |
| Introduction to library services and library tour for Research students | James Hardiman Library | 15:00 | Library Training Room PC Suite, James Hardiman Library |
| Thursday 08th October 2026 | Discipline/Office/Unit | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organic Garden Meetup | Human Resources | 13:00 | Organic Garden |
| Celtic Tales storytelling show | School of Education | 19:30 | Galway, Galway City, The Crane Bar, Sea Road |
| Monday 12th October 2026 | Discipline/Office/Unit | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class Rep Training | Students Union | 18:00 | AC001 O'Flaherty Theatre |