Join the fun at the Galway Races

It's almost that time of year again when people all over the world make their way to Galway to watch the famous Galway Races!

Lasting from Monday 28 July until Sunday 3 August 2008, I thought I'd share this link I came across about the races:

"Throughout Ireland people of all ages and occupations prepare for the Galway Races with a fervour that is almost religious in its intensity. Budgets are planned, holidays are arranged and business is scheduled to conform with the sacrosanct dates of the annual week-long festival.

More significantly, perhaps, commemorative coups are prepared, often with horses that have abstained reverentially from victory for the obligatory twelve months. Horses will piously avail of the special dispensation permitting them to triumph twice in the one week at this exceptional venue..." Read more and browse the wonderful range of photos showing all the excitement of the event at Galway Races.