Thurles enters 'The Guinness Book of Records' for the largest Halloween party
Posted on Monday, November 08, 2010 at 08:38 AM
RSS 
Recent Posts
- Farmers stage 24-hour prayer vigil for fine weather on Kerry-Cork border - VIDEO
- Ellen DeGeneres mocks Abercrombie & Fitch’s sizing and customer policies – VIDEO
- Students use tilt-shift photography to create toy town video of Dublin city
- New Irish stamp features Irish teen’s short story about Dublin
- The world’s smallest cinema fits into an old phone box in Malin, Donegal - VIDEO
Archives
The town of Thurles, County Tipperary, has been entered in 'The Guinness Book of Records' for the largest Halloween gathering anywhere in the world following the Thurles Halloween Arts Festival.
The aim of the ten-day festival was to create a positive atmosphere throughout the town and to get people out and enjoying themselves.
Thurles broke the previous World Record, set in California, by gathering at least 509 people together, dressed in the scariest outfits for the festival finale. When the record was set the achievement was marked with a firework display by Europe's biggest fireworks company Rocket Pyrotechnics.
Organiser Chairman Cllr Jim Ryan said "We've had over 300 performers and over 100 acts, coming in from Australia and America. He said the festival was a "resounding success".
The aim of the ten-day festival was to create a positive atmosphere throughout the town and to get people out and enjoying themselves.
Thurles broke the previous World Record, set in California, by gathering at least 509 people together, dressed in the scariest outfits for the festival finale. When the record was set the achievement was marked with a firework display by Europe's biggest fireworks company Rocket Pyrotechnics.
Organiser Chairman Cllr Jim Ryan said "We've had over 300 performers and over 100 acts, coming in from Australia and America. He said the festival was a "resounding success".
Most Popular Blog Posts
- Did Pope Francis perform an exorcism at the...
- 87-year-old sues Donald Trump over condo...
- Nigerian migrants send $653 million a year...
- Immigration reform bill passes a huge hurdle...
- Violent attacks on gays in New York up 70...
- Gay porn priest is appointed to new parish...
- One in seven people on social welfare in...
- Top bishops clash over excommunication of...
- Computer giant Apple avoiding $25 billion...
- Irish leader delivers powerful commencement...
1 Comment


Report abuse