The articles below are drawn from the old Glinsk site.
The site was active for many years and the articles below provide a valuable account of the happenings in Glinsk during that period.
John Mulligan in the “Roscommon Champion” reported as follows: A NIGHT that symbolises the true meaning of community and is now one of the biggest musical events on the Irish…
Jody Gallagher’s song “Day’s Gonna Come” took the top award at Glinsk in 2007. The song was very much born of the ‘green agenda’ and was a timely reminder of…
Ciara and Cathy Newell, Galway sisters who were members of the very successful “Bellefire” group penned “Heaven Only Cries”which won the 21st Song Contest at Glinsk in July 2008. The…
Glinsk Song Contest 2010 was a brilliant success – Entries reached record levels and the standard of the Finalists was a tribute to all of the songwriting talent that exists…
The 25th Glinsk Song Contest was the final contest in a series which was hugely successful over 25 years. We thank all of you songwriters who supported the Glinsk Song…
The long and winding road from Glencolumkille in Donegal to Glinsk in County Galway proved a fruitful journey for young singer/songwriter Deirdre Doherty on Sunday last when she was one…
Extracts from the book “History in Glinsk” have been used in the history content of this website. This book is the culmination of twenty years of research, documenting the rich…
Glinsk National School won the regional title for Connaught/Ulster in the Building for the Future competition, beating off competition form over 1,200 participating schools. Glinsk NS.Apart from the title, the…
In the 2005 “Irish Independent” ‘Building for the Future’ project competition 1500 schools participated and Glinsk NS were successful in taking the county prize for Co. Galway. Mr Joe Collins of CIE attended…
