Irish Airshows

whyulittle

Don't want to take the RIAT thread off-topic, but I am looking to put together a list of Irish Airshows for the photography forum. So far I have:

Galway/Salthill ?
Abbeyshrule ?
Bray ?

Punchy07

Salthill was the best but unfortunately it's no more due to the greed of the council who loved what the show done for the local area but wanted no part in helping the show financially.The other two aren't shows I'd travel up from Cork to see to be honest but there is a big enough show in portrush in Northern Ireland once a year but I wouldn't know if it's going ahead this year

Steyr

Punchy07 wrote: »

Salthill was the best but unfortunately it's no more due to the greed of the council who loved what the show done for the local area but wanted no part in helping the show financially.The other two aren't shows I'd travel up from Cork to see to be honest but there is a big enough show in portrush in Northern Ireland once a year but I wouldn't know if it's going ahead this year

Portrush is indeed going ahead and as for Salthill 09....well who knows.

Deacon Blues

Steyr wrote: »

Portrush is indeed going ahead and as for Salthill 09....well who knows.

Nice one Steyr.

Hopefully the businesses around the Salthill and City area will count their losses and row in behind you guys for '09, and you'll come out bigger and better ... not that it hasn't been good up to now ... you know what I mean.

Steyr

Deacon Blues wrote: »

Nice one Steyr.

Hopefully the businesses around the Salthill and City area will count their losses and row in behind you guys for '09, and you'll come out bigger and better ... not that it hasn't been good up to now ... you know what I mean.

Thank you, but for now its all quiet.

Oilrig

Salthill always struck me as a strange place for an airshow, the left wing/socialist/anti-war capitol of the country hosting warbirds? (not dissing anyone but you get my drift)

Hope somewhere else steps in, it was always a big draw and a good day out.

Steyr

Oilrig wrote: »

Salthill always struck me as a strange place for an airshow, the left wing/socialist/anti-war capitol of the country hosting warbirds? (not dissing anyone but you get my drift)

Hope somewhere else steps in, it was always a big draw and a good day out.

I think you mean Galway there as every Pilot/crew member i have spoken to described Salthill as a "perfect amphitheatre" for displays with a lovely background.

whyulittle

Oilrig wrote: »

Salthill always struck me as a strange place for an airshow, the left wing/socialist/anti-war capitol of the country hosting warbirds? (not dissing anyone but you get my drift)

Or you could look at it.....where better to have it.

cp251

Or you could look at it.....where better to have it.

Too true, but the whole anti crowd are a tiny minority. Someone counted the attendance at one of their much publicised protests one airshow day. He counted around fifty. Meanwhile the rest of Galway were on the prom excitedly waiting for the Red Arrows. At a previous airshow they were on the prom. I saw them. The numbers were about the same. When they hilariously tried to shout 'shame' every time the Reds made a pass. They were easily drowned out by nearby spectators who deliberately applauded and cheered loudly in opposition to them.

The problem is that they get far more publicity in Galway than they deserve. The local free rags have so little news to report other than drunken men called McDonagh from Ballybane getting arrested that they get more exposure than they deserve.

Interestingly the GAAW's PRO on Niall Farrell turns out to be the brother of one Mairead Farrell, a Provo bomber who was famously shot by the SAS in Gibralter. So much for being anti war. It seems not all wars are equal?

vulcan57

cp251 wrote: »

Too true, but the whole anti crowd are a tiny minority. Someone counted the attendance at one of their much publicised protests one airshow day. He counted around fifty. Meanwhile the rest of Galway were on the prom excitedly waiting for the Red Arrows. At a previous airshow they were on the prom. I saw them. The numbers were about the same. When they hilariously tried to shout 'shame' every time the Reds made a pass. They were easily drowned out by nearby spectators who deliberately applauded and cheered loudly in opposition to them.

The problem is that they get far more publicity in Galway than they deserve. The local free rags have so little news to report other than drunken men called McDonagh from Ballybane getting arrested that they get more exposure than they deserve.

Interestingly the GAAW's PRO on Niall Farrell turns out to be the brother of one Mairead Farrell, a Provo bomber who was famously shot by the SAS in Gibralter. So much for being anti war. It seems not all wars are equal?

Totally agree with you sir. Niall Farrell is also the one that, at a recent protest at a certain statue of Mr Mellows, turned to the Sinn Fein members who were, quietly and peacefully preventing them from defacing it, and passed the comment ' why aren't you in the North Fighting the Brits?'. They are a bunch of hypocrites that are only out to fight for the rights of terrorists to murder and maim innocent people, hence their opposition to Britain and the USA who are doing there best to stop them.

Anyway back to the subject at hand. I honestly don't believe that there is a town in Ireland that would be able to stage an air show of the calibre of Salthill. The Committee of the Salthill show have 15 years of experience and all the contacts that they have made that go with that 15 years. There will be, however places that will try to emulate Salthill.

Oilrig

Re: Galway politics... I rest my case

Personally, I think what was doen for the last airshow was the way to go for Galway. The anti-wars went to the Spanish Arch and had their hullabaloo, and the airshow went on in Salthill. Two events organised to bring in punters to Galway. And never the twain shall meet.

Most normal galwegians (myself included) don't side with these people.

Oilrig

Oilrig wrote: »

Salthill always struck me as a strange place for an airshow, the left wing/socialist/anti-war capitol of the country hosting warbirds? (not dissing anyone but you get my drift)

Hope somewhere else steps in, it was always a big draw and a good day out.

What? You mean Salthill in the county with five paved airfeilds, with two being constructed? With a parts maker for Airbus twenty minutes up the road, and the starting base of an airline outside Dublin? The county where the first Trans-atlantic flight touched down in Europe? Yeah, I'd wonder why there was an airshow there too

(Ok Ok, most of those airfeilds service islands, so that's a bit cheeky. Just proud of my county )

ian_m

Blowing the dust off this thread...
I loved Salthill. Anyone know when the next airshow in the country is?

tracker-man

Check out http://www.irishflyin.com/ for a list of airshows and general aviation fly-ins around the country

Steyr

Deleted User wrote: »

What? You mean Salthill Yeah, I'd wonder why there was an airshow there too

Because my dad is from Salthill thats why!:)