Description
Track 1: Securing sponsorship, advertising and promotional work in respect of Galway Races. Track 2: The background to the famous Galway Tent, and the corporate and political gatherings held there. Track 3: The social aspect of and community involvement in the Galway Races. Track 4: The importance of maintaining the carnival atmosphere in the infield of the racecourse. His retirement in 1989; subsequently owning and breeding his own horses. Track 5: Recalled a story told to him by an older member of the community, of a laneway (and Mary Burke’s stile) from Galway out to the racecourse, where the horses on arrival would be paraded to the infield.
