Ballina 2023 is collaborating with the French Embassy, Ballina District Council and In Humbert’s Footsteps to commemorate the ‘Year of the French‘ .

The events organised will take place throughout the year including a Festival running August 19 – 22, 2023 and will mark 200 years since the death of General Humbert, and 225 years since his landing in Killala Bay.

The Year 2023 will also celebrate 30 years of our twinning with Athis-Mons in Paris, France.