Thursday 17th of March
12:00pm–3:00pm
Keeping it Local This St Patrick’s Day 2016
We are delighted to announce that Claregalway will be hosting its second St. Patrick’s Day Festival.
This is a free event for the whole local community. It follows on from the massive success of last year’s event and the local committee of volunteers and local businesses have come together again to host it for the benefit of our Community and of course visitors to Claregalway.
The venue is the courtyard at the rear of Hughes SuperValu and will run from 12–3pm.
There are lots of free activities and entertainment for kids and adults alike including a great line up of live traditional music and Irish Dancing. There will also be arts & crafts, a bouncing castle and face painting.
There are lots of community groups and organisations involved including our local Claregalway Historical Society and Lackagh Museum hosting a commemoration of the 1916 Easter Rising.
Special guest St Patrick himself will arrive in style by pony and trap and much more fanfare.
Treat Café will be open and serving lots of great hot and cold food, teas and coffees and Hughes SuperValu will have tuck shop with drinks, sweets, fruit, snacks and ice-creams.
Please come out and enjoy this great free family day out.
Yours sincerely,
St Patrick’s Day Committee
Fáilte go Féile lá Phadraig Baile Chláir na Gaillimhe
Claregalway St Patrick’s Day Festival will again take place in Hughes Courtyard Claregalway from 12–3pm on the 17th of March 2016.
Special Guest will be St Patrick, who is very busy on the day, however is making every effort to attend this very important Festival and to be with our Community.
The programme of events will include:
- Corrib School of Irish Dancers
- Irish Adult Set Dancers by Martin Prendergast
- Lackagh Comhaltas Group—Musicians & Dancers
- Claire Greaney Irish Dancer accompanied by fellow Irish Dancers
- Musical Performance by students from Coláiste Bhaile Chláir
- Gerry Mooney & Co Musician & Singer
- Stage Door Live Singing & Drama Acting Performance—A showcase from Oliver Twist
- Growing Tree Pre-Montessori School
- Children’s entertainment
- Bouncing Castles (Supervised)
- Face Painting
- Arts & Crafts Activities
- Beechmount Art Studio
- Balloon Modelling, Children’s Disco & Story Telling
- Teddy Bear Picnic & Prize (Option to bring along your own Teddy)
- Vintage Cars & Tractors—Pony & Trap display by Padraic Noone
- Claregalway Historical Society & Lackagh Museum & Heritage—1916 Theme
- Food available from Treat Café & SuperValu
Should you wish to get involved, have any questions or suggestions you can contact the committee as follows,
Email [email protected] or phone 087 1719807.
