Durrow festival to mark M8 opening

Amtmann

No Turning Back! – Durrow to Celebrate Bypass Opening in Style

The town of Durrow will celebrate the motorway bypass of its town on the very day of its official opening, Friday May 28th with a Family Community Evening of Celebration and Nostalgia to mark this historic occasion. Having served as a midway stopping point on the Dublin to Cork artery for over three hundred years, Durrow has dined and wined many celebrities and nurtured many friendships in the intervening years. The motorway bypass has now presented this forward looking community with an opportunity to celebrate these friendships, to cherish its environment and to unite as a community on the road to a new future for Durrow. The evening begins at 6.30pm with a Final Nostalgic Parade of Road Transport through the Ages (from shanks mare to juggernaut) on the Dublin–Cork road. This will be followed by a Family Community Tea–Party on the Village Green with music, children’s entertainment and many side shows. The evening will conclude with “The Road to Recovery”- The Launch of Durrow on 3D Google Earth – A new “0ne Hundred Lane Virtual Highway into Durrow” created by Real-Sim Technology. The launch will be facilitated by Mr. Ed Parsons Google’s Chief Geospatial Technologist who is flying in especially from England to support this event which firmly places Durrow on the virtual world map.

Durrow Development Forum extends an open invitation to our parish community and in fact to anyone who wishes to join us for this historic celebration.

http://www.durrowvillage.com/events-page.html

Sounds good. Wish I could go but I'll be in Germany.

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Might tip along if there's beer.

Amtmann

Anyone going to this?

Danno

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Durrow-Ireland/Durrow-Laois-Ireland/368667907793#!/album.php?aid=174345&id=368667907793&ref=mf

A nice evening was had by all and a good turnout.