Posted online: Dec 14th, 2011

By Lauren Harte
editor

DONEGAL Town will come a-‘Live’ next summer as the hugely successful tourism showcase ‘Donegal Live’ comes home for one weekend only.
It was announced this week that the county’s major promotional event will be held on home turf for three days over the weekend of May 25.
The event has already been staged outside the county on three occasions, twice in Dublin’s Temple Bar and at Merchant Square in Glasgow.
Around 20 tourism sectors were represented at these events, promoting the many quality attractions, activities, events and hospitality options that Donegal has to offer including golf, surfing, festivals, walking and equestrian.
Speaking at Monday night’s launch in The Discover Ireland Centre in Donegal Town, Mayor Tom Conaghan said: “This event will be a chance for the people of the town to really pull together and let the people of Ireland and further a-field know that we are not the forgotten county. We have great potential and a huge number of people prepared to get involved in doing things for the good of the county. It can’t go wrong if it’s starting off in Donegal Town.”
Donegal Live Chairperson, Ernan McGettigan said the event would be one of the biggest ever held in the town: “We are absolutely to delighted to face up to the challenges and opportunity to host this event after the successful of two major festivals this summer – the Donegal Summer and Taste of Donegal Food Festivals. Both of these are going from strength to strength every year.”
Donegal Town Community Chamber Chair, Bernie Mulhern said she was proud that the town had been chosen to hold the event, adding that business here were 100 per cent behind it.
Next May’s extravaganza will be focused on The Diamond where major international musical acts will perform and in a marquee on The Quay with interactive stands featuring the many quality attractions, activities, food, festivals and accommodation on offer in the county.
Monday’s launch was also attended by the Co. Mayor, Cllr Noel McBride, who said there was no better place to showcase Donegal than back in the county itself.