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Fifty years on from the opening of Leisureland, Galway City Council in partnership with the Leisureland Board are to begin the commencement of a public engagement process as they look to reimagine the Leisureland site for its next 50 years.

The front page story on the first ever issue of the Galway Advertiser in 1970 was about the announcement of plans for a proposed new leisure centre to be situated between Revagh Road in Rockbarton and the Promenade.

Since the Leisureland pool opened in the 1970s, thousands of local people, through many generations, have learned to swim at the facility.

The long enjoyed free parking at the Salthill facility is to come to an end.

Donal Lyons, the long serving Independent city councillor, has been re-appointed as chair of the board of Leisureland. Newly elected councillors, Pauline O'Reilly and Owen Hanley, have also been appointed to the board.

Leisureland is delighted to present Old Salthill, a photographic exhibition by guest curator Tom Kenny of Kenny’s Bookshop and Gallery, who is well-known for his long-running and popular local-history column, Old Galway, in the Galway Advertiser.

Leisureland has completed tarmac and electrical renovations to its amusement site to improve accessibility.

It was another busy weekend around the courses of the county and this weekend promises another busy weekend as the Winter season kicks into gear. 

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