PRESS RELEASE

-Over 8,000 Attend Hallowfest Festival-

Over 8,000 people attended the first Hallowfest festival in South Dublin County last weekend 29^th and 30^th October which was organised by South Dublin County Tourism Board to encourage people to celebrate Halloween in a fun way for all the family. With the help of street performers, Halloween games and a supervised fireworks display the weekend was a great success and will now become an annual national event.

Chairman of The Tourism Board David Kennedy said, we are delighted with the turn out at the festival, with approx 8,000 people who attended the various events over the whole weekend and many more thousand who viewed the fireworks display, it was reported that the fireworks could be seen as far as Finglas on the North side. We look forward to next year building on the success of this year.

With the majority of children who attended dressed up and taking part in the many games there was a constant buzz about the place. One young girl who attended 8yr, old Sophie Sinclair from Saggart said, It was brilliant, I got to make a cool mask and lantern in the make and do work shop and then my Granddad brought on me the treasure hunt, we had a great time.

The guided walks and treasure hunts at the Hellfire Club on top of Dublin Mountains were a great success. These events took place on Bank-holiday Monday and catered for young and old, unfit and fit!

Tourism Exceutive, Marguerite Osbourne said, This event would not have been the success it was without our sponsors: Rural Dublin LEADER, South Dublin County Council, Dublin Tourism, Coillte, and South Dublin Chamber and we would like to express our gratitude to them.

To get involved in next years Hallowfest contact Marguerite Osborne, Tourism Executive, South Dublin County Tourism @ 01-4149339, e-mail: info@southdublincountytourism.ie or visit www.hallowfest.ie.

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For further information contact Emma Kennedy @ Tallhouse Ltd at 4585951 or Marguerite Osborne, Tourism Executive, South Dublin County Tourism @ 01-4149339, e-mail: info@southdublincountytourism.ie or visit www.hallowfest.ie.