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Ballina 2023
A year of celebration. A lifelong connection.
Ballina 2023 will be a year-long celebration to mark 300 years of the formal establishment of Ballina.
It will aim to honour the past, celebrate the present and inspire hope for the future.
Tomorrow's the last day to enter our children's competition to design the Ballina 2023 mascot. It's so exciting seeing all the colourful entries piling in - our children are a creative bunch!! ![]()
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Anyone of primary school age can download an entry form here and email in your entry: ballina2023.ie/mascot/![]()
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We can't wait to look through all the entries next week! ![]()
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#Ballina2023
Just 2 days left to enter our children's competition to design the Ballina 2023 mascot. ![]()
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Anyone of primary school age can download an entry form here & email in your entry: ballina2023.ie/mascot/![]()
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Lots of colour and imagination in the entries to date! ![]()
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#Ballina2023
3️⃣ days remaining to enter! ![]()
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Our children's competition to design the Ballina 2023 mascot closes on Friday, so be sure to get your entries in to us ASAP!![]()
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If you haven't received an entry form through your school, anyone of primary school age can download an entry form here: ballina2023.ie/mascot/![]()
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With thanks to Toymaster Ballina, Eason Ballina Office Pro Ballina and Ballina Costume Company!
Congratulations to Knockmore G.A.A. on retaining the Moclair Cup in yesterday's Mayo GAA Senior County Final against CLG Béal an Mhuirthead. ![]()
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What a great occasion it was for North Mayo, and a real treat to have the final in Ballina, hosted by Ballina Stephenites GAA Club. ![]()
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Enjoy the celebrations! ![]()
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(Photo: Sportsfile)
Ballina Sensory Park is a really exciting and inclusive project for Ballina, highlighted so well this week on Claire Byrne Live on RTÉ by Ryan & Padraig from FLOW Community Project. 👏 ![]()
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What's wonderful about the Sensory Park project is the breadth of community support, collaboration and goodwill that exists, with thousands of euro raised this year by the people of Ballina and beyond, through a number of great community-led fundraisers including Ballina Community Clean Up's #Freeze4February challenge. 🏊 The latest is Kilmoremoy Kids Drama Group whose latest production (on stage in Ballina Arts Centre in December) will support the Sensory Park and ÁIRC - Supporting Children with Disabilities in Mayo - children helping children! 🧒👧![]()
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Some of the values of Ballina 2023 are 'collaboration', 'inclusivity' and 'welcoming', and it's clear from seeing the support for the Sensory Park that these values are already held dear in our lovely town. 🥰![]()
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Best of luck to all of the people and groups involved including Mayo County Council in making this wonderful drawing by ACT Studio a reality, and creating a very special place in our town where everyone is welcome! 🤩
Ballina 2023 presents Composting Workshop as part of Mayo’s Climate Action Gathering
10 November 2021Join Ballina 2023 at Mayo’s Call to Action on Climate event
5 November 2021Ballina 2023 went live – thank you!
21 September 2021Ballina 2023 launches with Beginnings : Live
15 September 2021US President Biden hints at a return to Ballina
11 August 2021Cannonball cruises back into Ballina
4 August 2021Planning for Ballina 2023 gets underway
24 November 2020