Judy Murphy

Ireland

Assistant Editor and Feature Writer at Connacht Tribune

Assistant editor and feature writer with Connacht and Galway City Tribune. My opinions are mine. A Clare woman.

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Articles

Poetry proves perfect medicine for multi-talented pharmacist Noelle

2 weeks ago | connachttribune.ie | Judy Murphy

“I’d better get back to work or my daughter will sack me,” jokes Noelle Lynskey, as she leaves Portumna Golf Club where she’s been taking her lunchbreak and discussing her debut poetry collection, Featherweight which will have its Galway City launch next Thursday night, May 29, in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop.
Diversity and solidarity in Treasa O’Brien’s new solo exhibition

2 weeks ago | connachttribune.ie | Judy Murphy

Love, Rage & Solidarity, a new solo exhibition by Galway-based artist and filmmaker Treasa O’Brien will open at the city’s Galway Arts Centre this Saturday, May 24, and will run until June 29 in the Dominick Street venue. The show features sculptures, photos, drawings, installations and films on themes of ecology, community, (de)colonisation, migration, identity, belonging, feminism, folk ritual and the inter-connectedness of people.
Food for thought in Arts Festival’s First Talk series

2 weeks ago | connachttribune.ie | Judy Murphy

One of the most popular strands of the annual Galway International Arts Festival is the First Thought Talks, a series that explores the issues and challenges facing the world. Topics this July will include Trump’s presidency; the wars in Gaza and Ukraine; the importance of kindness in the health system; the growth of conspiracy theories, an imbalance in the GAA, political trauma and injustice; autism and talent; the challenge of climate transition, and human creativity.
Free interview at Kennys’ to mark launch of Elaine’s new novel

2 weeks ago | connachttribune.ie | Judy Murphy

The new novel from Booker longlisted author Elaine Feeney, Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way, is due out next week and will be launched in Kennys’ Bookshop in Galway City next Tuesday, May 27, at 6pm. Novelist and poet Elaine will be interviewed by Sarah Kenny of the bookshop and tickets are free. This is the third novel from Athenry woman Elaine, who is also the author of four collections of poetry.
All in the blood as Luke goes on unique journey

2 weeks ago | connachttribune.ie | Judy Murphy

Arts Week with Judy MurphyThere aren’t many towns in Ireland that can boast of having two winners of the Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Award, a prestigious prize for Irish poets awarded by St Thomas University of Minnesota, USA. Luke Morgan laughs and says “Oughterard can”. The winner of this year’s award, Luke is referring to himself and to previous recipient Louis de Paor, who is originally from Cork but a longterm resident of Oughterard.
Going the extra mile for Liam

2 weeks ago | connachttribune.ie | Judy Murphy

Rugby-mad Liam Leonard who has a profound disability attends a day centre where he’s found a kindred spirit in carer Bernie Fleming. To make his dream of attending an international game come true, Bernie will cycle from Galway to Croagh Patrick on May 31, climbing the mountain before cycling home. She and Liam’s mum Orla tell JUDY MURPHY how this fundraiser evolved. When Orla Mullaney thinks about the future of her 26-year-old son, Liam Leonard, she feels optimistic – and with good reason.
Ups and downs of Camino novices

3 weeks ago | connachttribune.ie | Judy Murphy

A suggestion from a friend led to a seven-day walk on the French way of famous Camino de Santiago for JUDY MURPHY. Renowned as a pilgrimage route since medieval times, it leads to Santiago de Compostella, believed to be the burial place of St James the Apostle. People walk it for many reasons, not all religious, as she learned.
Eoin on a mission with dramatic fishing drama

3 weeks ago | connachttribune.ie | Judy Murphy

Arts Week with Judy MurphyWexford man Eoin Ryan is “bringing the trawler westward” this weekend when his one-man show, Trawled, which he wrote and co-directs, plays the city’s Town Hall Theatre studio space on Friday night and the Station House Theatre in Clifden on Saturday. It’s an autobiographical play about surviving suicide, in which Eoin, now aged 50, revisits his younger self when he was living in Australia.
Tom’s new show on Old Galway honours his late friend Ronnie

1 month ago | connachttribune.ie | Judy Murphy

A new exhibition of photographs of Old Galway, curated by historian and gallery owner Tom Kenny, will open in Galway City this Friday, May 9, and will run for four weeks. The Streets of Galway, at the Kenny Gallery in Liosbán, is in memory of the late Ronnie O’Gorman. Featuring over 40 photographs capturing Galway City and its people in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the images feature streets, markets, shops, workers and everyday life.
Debut collection of poetry from multi-talented Noelle

1 month ago | connachttribune.ie | Judy Murphy

Featherweight the debut poetry collection from Noelle Lynskey, was launched in her hometown of Strokestown, County Roscommon, last weekend. Published by Arlen House and capturing a lifetime of her writing, it explores themes of love, family, loss, parenting, grief, music and nature. Noelle brings the reader on journeys from Clare to Mayo, from Sligo to Cork, and to Portumna, where she lives and works as a community pharmacist.