Galway Racecourse

Galway Racecourse announce a €6 million redevelopment aimed at enhancing the racecourse facilities ahead of 2018 festival. Horse Racing Ireland approve funding of €2.1 million for the course as part of this €6 million redevelopment. The investment will take place in the enclosure to the north of the parade ring.

It is estimated that 280,000 people flocked to Ballybrit to enjoy the papal visit. There were 77 concelebrants, 200,000 communicants with 800 priests distributing communion and 4,000 stewards.

Present Day
In over one hundred years of racing at Ballybrit, the Galway Races has gone from strength to strength with now in excess of 150,000 poeple attending the week long festival every year. Recognised as the greatest mid-summer festival in Ireland, punters from all over the world visit the famous race track year after year for a great mixture of racing and old Irish craic.

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