15/08/2026
👏👏 Thank-You from Ballygar Carnival! 👏👏
The Ballygar Carnival Committee want to thank everyone sincerely for their help with organising and running this year’s carnival. It is only possible to run this festival every year because everyone gives their time so generously.
Starting off with thanks to the committee at the Mattie McDonagh Centre for allowing us to base our headquarters there and hosting many of the carnival events. Thanks also to everyone who helped with the setting-up (and indeed the dismantling afterwards!) of everything in the centre: the curtains, the staging, the bar, the railings and floodlighting outside, and all the extra tables and chairs for the darts and the bingo. To everyone who helped with stocking the bar, providing the ice and other consumables, and especially to the bar staff themselves for putting in a huge effort every night, thank you. Thanks to the stewards, the cloakroom and catering staff, everyone who helped in the ticket office and cash office, and the security team who all ensured that the events ran smoothly at the centre. Thank you to The Thatch Bar for arranging the transfer of the bar licence.
Thank you to Murray’s Amusements for their continued support of the Carnival, they provided great fun and entertainment all weekend!
Thanks to the Community Employment Scheme and Ballygar Tidy Towns for their hard work every day keeping the town looking neat and tidy. Thanks to everyone who volunteered to collect all the cans and bottles for the deposit return scheme! Thank you also to those who put up carnival banners and signage.
To An Garda Síochána for their assistance throughout the weekend for their help and support, thank you.
Thank you to everyone to ran the numerous events over the 6 days, the walks and talks, the bus tour, the displays and the fair day, the dog show, the busking, the many sporting events and the fun run, and the children's fancy dress ! And of course congratulations to all the winners! Thanks as well to the Ballygar Players Drama group for organising the “Slí Na Sídhe” fairy trail, a new event for this year that got amazing feedback and we are delighted to be working with new local groups. Thanks to the organisers of the all-inclusive disco, another new event for this year that was very successful. Thank you to the dedicated team that run the bingo so perfectly each year!
Thanks to all the local photographers for capturing so many memorable moments from our 82nd Carnival. To Ballygar Banter for all the wonderful promotion of the Carnival at home and abroad, thank you!
To the Ballygar Carnival Board of Trustees and to the former committee members for their assistance and advice, thank you.
A huge thank-you to the local businesses and all our sponsors for their very generous contributions and continued support of the festival.
And finally thank you to all the committee members who worked so hard all year to once again make the carnival such a success!
The carnival is run by the community, for the community, so thank you ALL for your help and support. Preparations are already underway for Carnival 2027, can't wait to see you then!
