Ballinasloe Great October Fair

The Committee of Ballinasloe Show Limited (BSL) made a donation of €1000 to Galway Hospice from the proceeds of car parking at the 2009 Ballinasloe Great October Fair.  Pictured at the presentation in Gullane’s Hotel Ballinasloe are (L-R): Pat Sullivan (BSL committee member), Godfrey Gibbons (BSL Vice-President), Joe Brooks (BSL President), Sean O’Healy (CEO Galway Hospice) and Fr Christy McCormack (BSL Chairman). Photo courtesy of Tomas Gullane.

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