40 GALWAY GROUPS SIGN UP FOR TOURISM GATHERING

Date Published: 09-Nov-2012

Galway is currently in third place, outside Dublin, on a national table listing the number of "Gatherings" planned for 2013 under the government tourism initiative.

40 groups have signed up for various gatherings across the city and county.

The first of these events scheduled for next January include a 5k "Resolution Run" through the streets of Galway, the Roundstone 2063 Time Capsule and a meeting of the three O’Brien Brothers, who have a combined age of 180 – they will celebrate by playing darts in Canavans Bar in Belclare.

Galway County Council has received a funding of 55 thousand euro for the initiative while the City Council has received the same allocation.

Nationally, organisers hope 700 or more events through the IPB insurance funding.

Local Gathering Organiser Brian Barrett says Galway groups have until the end of this month to sign up and join the others in welcoming home hundreds of overseas visitors.