FESTIVALS in the county need more support from the council and Bord Failte, a councillor insisted today after local festivals were voted the best in the country.
Ballyshannon’s Rory Gallagher International Tribute Festival won the National Medium sized Festival Award, defeating the Galway Arts Festival and the Kilkenny Cats Laugh Festival among others.
And Bundoran’s Sea Sessions collected the Award for Best Small Festival – beating off a host of other events.
Cllr Barry O’Neill, one of the organisers of the Rory Gallagher Festival says such events play a huge role in attracting visitors – and the County Council and Failte Ireland need to give them more support.
