Castlebar Song Contest
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title:
Castlebar Song Contest
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The Castlebar Song Contest was an annual international song contest that was first staged in 1966 in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland. The contest was initially organised by the Castlebar Chamber of Commerce as part of a drive to increase tourism in the town. It was hoped that the competition would produce a song that would make the town famous, just as songs such as "The Rose of Tralee", "Galway Bay", or "Mary from Dungloe" had done for their respective towns. The first contest had 70 entries fr
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Annual international song contest in Ireland
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlebar_Song_Contest
date created:
2009-04-10T12:17:09Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T02:50:26Z
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