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Got a ticket for a weekend show at the Galway Comedy Festival? Then you’ve also won admission to the Bulmers Festival Club at Róisin Dubh from Thursday, October 26, to Sunday, October 29.

This month marks the 35th anniversary of one the boldest and most imaginative private ventures to be undertaken in Mayo. The year was 1981 and the plan was to transform a 65 acre site outside Castlebar into the biggest two-day rock festival ever staged in the province. The proposal was the brainchild of brothers Tommy and John Staunton and local hotelier Tony McHugh. The substantial sum of £120,000 was invested in the festival with half going toward enticing major acts to play over the August bank holiday weekend.