Ballinasloe tourism weekend to offer bog walk and distillery tour

A tourism sample weekend has been launched for Ballinasloe and surrounding area with numerous activities including a guided bog walk and distillery tour.

The 'Something for Everyone Weekend' will take place this weekend from Friday, May 26 until Sunday, May 28 with exciting offerings such as a rambling house, kids heritage trail and kayaking and boat trip.

The steering group of local tourism and hospitality interests have been working hard in the background to build on the huge heritage and amenity work done by a variety of community and voluntary interests to position Ballinasloe as an off grid tourism gem of the Hidden Heartlands.

The group has organised the weekend to offer some key pillars of activity and theming to locals and visitors alike to grow awareness of all the opportunities that exist locally for people to be engaged with on a break. The event is being supported by Ballinasloe Credit Union and Galway County Council

The itinerary for the weekend is as follows: Rambling House Gibbons Bar on Friday, May 26 at 9pm, Guided Bog Walk from Ballinasloe to Clonfert on Saturday, May 27 at 9am and 11am, Guided Tour Ahascragh Distillery on Saturday, May 27 at 11am, Boat Cruise from Shannonbridge to Ballinasloe on Saturday, May 27 at 4pm, Tour of Battle of Aughrim on Sunday May 28 at 10am, Kayaking on River Suck on Sunday, May 28 at 1pm and 2pm and Kids Heritage & Treasure Trail on Sunday, May 28 at 1pm.

Many of the events are already near capacity and all tickets must be prebooked.

Booking and further details are available at www.ballinasloe.ie or can be found by calling Ballinasloe Enterprise Centre on 090 9646516.