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Macnas
so pick a viewing spot in plenty of time and settle back to witness an awe inspiring production, full of fun and frolics, colour and excitement, in Eyre Square. Macnas are a performing Community Arts Group, founded in 1986 by Paraic Br eathnach, Ollie Jennings, Pete Sammon and Tom Conroy, and have fascinated Irish and international audiences with their spectacular street shows, such as Gu/livers Travels for the Dublin Millenium. They repeated their success with Gulliver at the National Garden Festival in Gateshead in 1990. Their enchanting parades every year for the Galway Arts Festival, the most memorable being their 1989 production of TlrFaoi Thonn, are always acclaimed and talked about for weeks afterwards. Funded by FAS, the Arts Council, the Ireland Fund and Galway Corporation, Macnas are now seen as one of Ireland's main cultural success stories of the recent past.
Beginning at 3 p.m. on Sunday, July 21st, the Macnas experience will assemble for this years extravaganza, featuring the legendary Manannan Mac Ur. In the summer of 1989 Manannan the famous King of the Sea - visited Galway for his wedding to Kathleen Curran, a Princess from the Claddagh. Manannan and Kathleen are visiting Galway again this July on the way to their summer palace in Lough Corrib. This occasion is yet another cause for celebration because the regal couple are bringing their children to stay in the Claddagh with their grandmother, Mrs. Curran. It's holiday time and the kiddies want to stay with Granny for a while! The creatures of the kingdom are all invited to the celebrations and they, like Manannan, will be bringing their families to take part in the days fun. It's going to be a delightful day for children of all ages,
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