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WATCH: Celebrations as Galway wins 2020 bid
Galway is the European Capital of Culture 2020 winner.
A ten-member group from Galway made a final presentation to a panel of European judges in Dublin yesterday.
The big announcement was made at the National Concert Hall at around 12.30pm.
Galway beat off competition from Limerick and the Three Sisters – Kilkenny, Waterford and Wexford.
Scroll down and press play to watch the celebrations in Galway City as the announcement was made: