Galway Races New TV Series

Rásaí na Gaillimhe
(The Galway Races)

Rásaí na Gaillimhe, a new Irish television comedy drama series based on the annual seven days of the Galway Races, will be given a special advance screening this weekend as part of the 21st Galway Film Fleadh.

Don Wycherley (Bachelor’s Walk), Eoin Mac Diarmada (Rós na Rún), Owen Roe (Ballykissangel) and Séamus Moran (Fair City) feature as members of a group of disparate characters attending the Galway Summer Race Festival and "crossing paths with each other with hilarious, tragic and often disastrous results".

Rásaí na Gaillimhe was filmed on location at Ballybrit, Eyre Square, Quay Street and other parts of the city commonly frequented by Galway racegoers.

Mick Kinane - Galway

Mick Kinane - Galway Races

Mick Kinane, rider of 2009 Derby Winner Sea The Stars, returning to the winner's enclosure at Galway on the Joseph Crowley trained Prospectorous after the 3yo gelding had beaten Spanish Parade by 2 1/2 lengths in the Williamhillcasino.com Handicap.

Mick Kinane has ridden numerous classic and Group 1 winners throughout his career, including Galileo, Giant's Causeway, Rock of Gibraltar, Yeats, George Washington, High Chaparral, etc.

He has been Champion Jockey of Ireland on no fewer than 13 occasions.

In a recent television interview, Johnny Murtagh said:"Mick Kinane is great for the sport. He mightn't smile that often. He mightn't show his emotions. But I know that when he wins those big races, inside he's having a good giggle."

Expressing his admiration for Kinane, he added: "I really can't say enough about him. What he's done for Irish jockeys. What he's done for me. The Racing Post states every year at his birthday that he is 'master of his profession' and I think that's what he is."

Galway Race Ball Personality of the Year

Galway Race Ball Personality of the Year 2006

Nina Carberry

Nina Carberry, Galway Race Ball Personality of the Year 2006, about to leave the parade ring at Galway Races on the Dermot Weld trained Soneva Gili.

Daughter of Tommy Carberry and sister to Paul and Philip, Nina is currently the top female National Hunt rider in Great Britain and Ireland.

Nina Carberry was the winner of the Cheltenham Festival’s 2009 Award for ‘The Outstanding Contribution made by a Lady to Jump Racing’.

She is one of only two female jockeys ever to have won at the Cheltenham Festival.

Photographer Galway

Photographer - Galway

A photographer in Galway is constantly capturing unique moments in the history of a vibrant, life-affirming city - snapshots of people and situations that can never be repeated exactly.

Photos of Galway Races, Galway Arts Festivals, Galway Oyster Festivals, Macnas parades, Galway street theatre, musicians, magicians, dancers, etc.

Long after individual memories of Galway have faded, the photographs are there to reanimate them, to bring them back to life.

The Galway Races photographs on this site cover the years from 2004 to the present.

If you wish our Galway photographer to feature your photo in our Galway Races 2009 coverage, please contact us at flannat2@aol.com.

Galway City Hotels

Galway City Hotels

Galway City hotels provide swift and easy access to the numerous Galway festivals and tourist attractions that take place throughout the year.

All the Galway hotels listed below are in the vicinity of Eyre Square, the centre of Galway.

Galway City Hotels with approximate distances to the city centre:

Radisson Blu Hotel
0.12 mile to city centre
Jurys Inn
0.27 mile to city centre
The House Hotel
0.21 mile to city centre
Park House Hotel
0.17 mile to city centre
The G Hotel
0.96 mile to city centre
The Western Hotel
0.26 mile to city centre
Hotel Meyrick
0.13 mile to city centre
The Imperial Hotel
0.20 mile to city centre
Eyre Square Hotel
0.24 mile to city centre
Victoria Hotel
0.12 mile to city centre

For a full list of Galway City hotels and distances to the city centre, please visit Galway City Hotels

Galway's Best Hotels Race Day

Galway's Best Hotels Race Day

'Galway's Best Hotels Race Day', on Monday 27th July at Galway Races, is sponsored by six of Galway's best hoteliers:

* Meyrick Hotel

* g Hotel;

* Days Hotel

* Radisson Hotel

* Claregalway Hotel

* Galway Bay Hotel

* and the Irish Hotel Federation.

For photos, details, locations, facilities, availabilty, etc. ,

please click on Galway's Best Hotels

Speaking after the official launch of this year's Galway Races Festival in the g Hotel yesterday, Galway Racecourse Manager, John Moloney said that advance ticket sales were "quite good" but he was doubtful as to whether the Ballybrit track would attract the same high turnout as 2009.

"Last year we had over 200,000. It's hard to know, we are expecting numbers to be a little down," he said.

Announcing this year's race new sponsors, Mr Moloney added: "The launch went very well. We launched some brand new sponsors with 'Galway's Best Hotels Race Day', a group of six hotels that will be sponsoring the event - Claregalway Hotel, Days Hotel, g Hotel, Meyrick Hotel, Radisson SAS and the Galway Bay Hotel. It's an exciting new project and I look forward to working with everyone involved."

Cheap Hotels Galway

Cheap Hotels - Galway

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