Galway Bay fm newsroom - Over 360-thousand euro in funding has been allocated to five Galway festivals.
The allocation is part of a 3 million euro investment by Fáilte Ireland in festivals nationwide.
The largest award in Galway has been granted to Galway International Arts Festival amounting to 300-thousand euro while 30-thousand euro has been awarded to Galway International Oyster and Seafood Festival.
Galway Film Fleadh is receiving 16-thousand euro in funding while 10-thousand euro has been allocated to the Comedy Carnival and 8-thousand-500 euro has been awarded to Clifden Arts Festival.
Head of Festivals at Fáilte Ireland Ciara Sugrue says they want to increase the volume of overseas visitors.
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