Galway Festivals 2010

Galway is celebrated for its rich variety of festivals. The following are
among the most widely known internationally:

Cuirt International Festival of Literature / 20 April - 25 April, 2010
Galway Film Fleadh / 6 July - 11 July, 2010
Galway Arts Festival / 11 July - 24 July, 2010
Galway Races, Ballybrit / 26 July - 1 August, 2010
Galway International Oyster Festival / 23 Sept - 26 Sept, 2010

Please confirm dates of Galway Festivals 2010 by visiting their
respective websites.

Tote Ireland Galway Plate

"The Tote Ireland Galway Plate. What do you think of the new name?"

"The Tote Ireland Galway Plate has a novel ring to it, with connotations of betting tickets and field glasses as opposed to beer mats and drinking glasses."

2010 Galway Plate

The 2010 Galway Plate, newly sponsored by Tote Ireland, is the feature chase of Galway Race Week. It takes place this year on Wednesday 28th of July when Ireland's top racehorses compete for €200,000 prize fund.

Mr. Alexis Murphy, Chief Executive of Tote Ireland said: "On behalf of Tote Ireland, I am delighted to announce our sponsorship of Galway Plate Day, with the highlight being the historic and prestigious Galway Plate.

Galway is the highlight of the racing season for the Tote with record pools typically set during the meeting. I would also like to thank all of our clients for their continued patronage of the Tote. All of Tote's profits are reinvested into Irish racing and its thanks to the loyal support of our clients that the Tote can make a significant contribution to the industry in these challenging times".

Galway Plate 2010 - Tote Sponsorship

Tote Ireland announce Galway Plate sponsorship

Galway Race Committee have announced that the 2010 Galway Plate will be sponsored by Tote Ireland. The Tote have signed a three year deal for the historic Plate, which will place on Wednesday of Galway Raceweek.

The http://www.tote.com/ Plate will be worth €200,000.

Tote Chairman Jim Nicholson described the Galway Plate sponsorship as "an irresistible opportunity for our board and a great vote of confidence in trying times".

"The Galway Races are responsible for a large slice of our turnover annually and the record Tote aggregate for a single day's racing of close on €2.1m was established there on the Thursday in 2007."

John Moloney, manager of Galway racecourse, is characteristically optimistic:"Although the Tote have moved from the Tuesday, we will be speaking to some of our loyal existing sponsors from the September and October meetings to see if they would like to come on board during the summer and we also have had initial approaches from potential new companies."

General admission prices to Galway are being held at 2007 levels again this year. In addition, there will be a new seven-day ticket available for €140.