Galway in Sketches and Stories

Róisín Curé sketches on the spot wherever she goes. In this book she has captured the City of the Tribes in expressive ink and watercolour sketches, capturing its unique energy and life in all its glory. Her sketches show evocative details of Galway’s pubs, the musicians and buskers, the exquisite medieval stonework, the marine setting, the vibrant restaurant culture, and Galway’s colourful characters. The sketches are accompanied by a memoir of Róisín’s life in Galway and snippets of the conversations that naturally unfold when you’re out on the streets with your pens and paints. These vignettes give a local insight to life on Ireland’s West Coast, and are a quirky first-hand account of Galway’s urban landscape.

Galway in Sketches and Stories substantially updates Róisín’s 2019 book, An Urban Sketcher’s Galway, with new sketches and stories reflecting the Galway of 2024.