Connemara Bog Week cancelled

Connemara Bog Week, due to take place next weekend in Letterfrack, Co Galway, has been cancelled.

Connemara Bog Week, due to take place next weekend in Letterfrack, Co Galway, has been cancelled.

Mr Leo Hallisey, organiser of the annual festival, said it had been cancelled as a mark of respect to the families of two young men from the area who were killed in a road accident last week.

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