Bealtaine officially opens with fire and fun spectacular

NEWBRIDGE, 29 April 2000: by Brian Byrne. The Newbridge Bealtaine festival opened officially last night without speeches or formalities. Which is how it should have been, for the festival is above all for people by the people, with the help of a lot of parents dressing their kids up, and contributions by a lot of street singers, clowns and musicians who simply love to do what they do.

This was not a night for words, so KNN will also let the pictures do the talking.

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Kildare has many authors of both fiction and non-fiction. We have a special page available to promote their work, which you can access here. Please support those of your county people who travel the long and often lonely road of the pen and typewriter to tell you stories.

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