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Spectators at Ballybrit during the 2019 Galway Festival. James Crombie/INPHO

Galway Festival hoping to allow daily crowds of 5,000 to attend next month

Organisers say they have been working with Horse Racing Ireland and the government on bringing spectators back to the event.

LAST UPDATE | 28 Jun 2021

THERE ARE HOPES that this yearโ€™s Galway Festival will have 5,000 spectators per day in attendance. 

Ballybrit will host the annual event from Monday, 26 July to Sunday, 1 August and while 145,000 fans were at the 2019 edition, it was forced to take place behind closed doors in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

A crowd of 1,000 people returned to the Curragh for the Irish Derby Festival over the weekend, which was chosen as one of the countryโ€™s pilot test events.

This morning, Galway Festival organisers revealed their aim in a social media post.

โ€œWeโ€™ve been working with Horse Racing Ireland and the Government to host 5,000 people each day outdoors for our Festival,โ€ it reads. โ€œThis has not yet been confirmed, but be assured, we are working away in the background.

โ€œStay tuned. Thank you for your support.โ€

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    Feb 22nd 2020, 2:53 PM

    Itโ€™s not going to happen for Spurs this season, in terms of a top4 finish. They were poor today (again) and realistically they have no chance with their 2 best players being out for the next 6-8 weeks.

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    Feb 22nd 2020, 2:58 PM

    In our hands now a bit of consistency needed to finish the season

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    Feb 22nd 2020, 3:10 PM

    Shouldโ€™ve won by more yet again, but good performance, although spurs were awful again. If we do make top 4 we need massive investment for next season, decent gk, 2 fb, 1 cb, and 2 good forwardsโ€ฆ

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    Feb 22nd 2020, 2:59 PM

    In our hands now a bit of consistency needed to finish the season

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