Lovely weather and with all events attracting large crowds, Ballylanders Pattern Festival 2024 will go down as a roaring success. Running from 9th August until last Sunday, 18th, this event catered for everyone from 9 to 90. In advance of Pattern Day (Thursday 15th), there was a Mingle, Munch & Makeover Party, organised by Ballylanders’ Mothers & Others Group. The ladies were out in force and looking fab as usual.
Journalist and broadcaster, Matt O’Callaghan, set the questions for a table quiz in Gallahue’s Hall – again, great support, great craic and a great night out. A Neon Disco, which is something new to this writer, also proved a big hit with the village’s youth. Slightly older individuals opted to hang out in the vicinity of the amusements – here, it was about looking cool, meeting friends and of course, keeping abreast of things on your mobile phone.
Mobile phones were switched off for the well supported bingo that took place in the GAA clubhouse on Friday 16th. The bingo relocated from T.O. Park and needless to say, it couldn’t take place without the great man himself.
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