Whoop! Hon the city of the tribes!
Galway has been selected as the European County of Culture for 2020, beating Waterford, Kilkenny, Wexford and Limerick to the honour. Cork was the last Irish city to be a Capital of Culture in 2005.
https://twitter.com/RTENewsNow/status/753913991307616256
We did it!!! #IBackGalway #ECOC2020 pic.twitter.com/a0Qlhz2qwP
— sarah lynch (@thelynchky) July 15, 2016
Needless to say people in the county are bloody delighted.
Hurray! G-G-G Galway! Galway Abú #Galway2020 https://t.co/nxVbd8VcIE
— Miriam Burke (@The_MiriamBurke) July 15, 2016
Galway celebrates announcement that it's to be the 2020 Capital of Culture for Ireland! #ECoC2020 pic.twitter.com/7kP3WogaGm
— EU Commission in Ireland (@eurireland) July 15, 2016
We've a gaggle of very happy Galwegians here! #ECoC2020 #Galway2020 @DeptAHG @galway2020 @GalwayCoCo pic.twitter.com/bD1MH7Z6Js
— Heather Humphreys (@HHumphreysFG) July 15, 2016
Galway’s winning bid was ‘Making Waves: Landscape, Language and Migration’, and it had a proposed budget of €45.75 million. The city will get €1.5m from the European Union and will be held in tandem with Rijeka in Croatia.
https://twitter.com/Jim_Sheridan/status/753916834076889089
Congrats to the @galway2020 team on winning the bid for #ECoC2020 #Galway2020. Sure it's only mighty! pic.twitter.com/Vy0L6C10Rf
— Kate Costello (@KateCostello89) July 15, 2016
We should be so proud that we had incredibly strong bids from three corners of our island-what rich & vibrant cultural heritage! #ECoC2020
— Dr Niamh NicGhabhann (@niamhroisin.bsky.social) (@Niamh_NicGhabh) July 15, 2016
https://twitter.com/CommunalSpoon/status/753918747077992448
Limerick people are being gracious in defeat. Hard luck guys.
Ah lads, they gave capital of culture to Galway. Fair play to Galway. But Limerick really, really needed that economic boost.
— The Blindboy Podcast (@bbboatclub) July 15, 2016
Congratulations Galway for becoming European Capital of Culture 2020 #ECoC2020 Good ideas don't die #weareculture pic.twitter.com/pVEC3KtDjO
— CreativeIrlLimerick (@Limerick2020) July 15, 2016
F**k your 2020 We've a horse outside #ECoC2020 #Limerick2020
— Jennifer Canesten (@JennferCanesten) July 15, 2016
