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Muckno Mania Festival 5th-8th July 2018
This year the Muckno Mania Festival celebrates its 20th Anniversary, having started out as a one day event in August 1999. The festival continues to be staged as a family festival which promotes sport and music with a particular focus on the Arts. This year the Festival theme is simply “20 Years of Mania” and throughout the weekend we hope to evoke the memories of
past events and fun over the years.The four day event that will begin on Thursday 5th of July is one of the most anticipated annual festivals in the North East. Emphasis on family entertainment and focus on the arts ensure the festivals success and popularity.
Come along and enjoy the 20 years of Mania!!
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Successful Pre-Festival Celebration in Íontas
The Muckno Mania Festival Committee held a successful pre-festival celebration in Íontas on Saturday night last 16th June to recognise their 20th year milestone. The event was staged as an opportunity to launch this year’s festival as well as acknowledging the Committees success in staging of the festival for 20 consecutive years.
The festival continues to be staged as a family festival, which promotes sport and music with a particular focus on the arts.
The festival is driven by a dedicated group of individuals who work unselfishly each year to stage one of the most important and invaluable events in the town’s annual calendar. The Muckno Mania Festival was first introduced by Castleblayney Community Enterprise and they continue to provide the management and resources to support the committee, which in turn ensure that the festival has lasted for 20 years.
The night included a welcome address by Gary Ogle, who is the newly elected Chairperson of Castleblayney Community Enterprise and he thanked everyone for taking the time to attend on the night, with a particular mention to sponsors and committee members past and present.
A special moment on the night was also created when Erin Brady assisted Wilbert to cut a cake to mark his 12th Birthday. Erin who was attending Junior School in 2007 won the festival competition to pick a name for the new Festival Mascot.
Following this event Festival Chairman Tommy McGuire gave a comprehensive summary and background on the evolution of the Muckno Mania Festival over the past 20 years. Tommy also praised and acknowledged the generous contributions the festival receives from local businesses and the goodwill that they afford the festival. He recognised in particular the local firms, who came on board as main sponsors in 2009 and those who have continued that generous involvement.
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French Student to Assist Castleblayney Businesses
Castleblayney Regeneration was delighted to welcome Raphaël Robert, 18 year old IT French student, currently doing his internship in Castleblayney.
Raphael quickly set to work by completing an audit of the 82 businesses and shops who have signed up with the Castleblayney Regeneration Town Voucher scheme to see how active their businesses are on the internet and on social media. He will soon be contacting the companies he has identified who may need or wish to increase their visibility and will be able to guide and help them improve their digital footprint with the aim of creating more visibility online and business opportunities for them.
Alongside the Castleblayney Enterprise Centre training unit, he plans to run one to one and group courses training on the use and importance of SEO, Facebook and other social media avenues to increase business for local shops and businesses. He firmly believes that as the online reviews you get on your business increases, so too will your business.
Raphaël is also working with Castleblayney Enterprise centre where he is currently creating the new Castleblayney Enterprise Centre website and will take an active part in the forthcoming 20th Muckno Mania Festival which will take place 5th to 8th July.
He is also able to translate your information such as menu’s, websites etc into French to increase your visibility and to reach out and attract French speaking tourists. If local food restaurants or businesses would like to avail of this service you can contact Raphael via Castleblayneyregeneration@gmail.com
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