Rory Gallagher International Tribute Festival is calling on Rory’s fans worldwide to join us for a Special Rory Celebration in 2013 in Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, Ireland. The dates for the Festival is Thursday 30th May to Sunday 2nd June 2013

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Throughout 2013, Donegal will open its arms to thousands of friends and family from all over the world, calling them home to gatherings in villages and towns throughout Donegal.

The Donegal Gathering provides the perfect excuse to reach out to those who have moved away, their relatives, friends and descendants, and invite them home.

The Gathering 2013 will be a spectacular, year-long celebration of all things Irish.

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To the joy of surfers an extreme weather system, nicknamed the “Viking storm”, has
generated some of the largest springtime rollers off the northwest coast in
recent years with one surfer catching a 50ft wave off Mullaghmore, just 15
minutes from Bundoran.

Surfers from around the world were attracted by the huge waves with many coming from Europe as well as from regions as far away as Hawaii, Brazil, Australia and South Africa.
The surfers were accompanied by two rescue boats and were watched by hundreds of people on the Mullaghmore headland. It was estimated that these were the best surfing conditions duringthe month of March for 15 years in this area. It has also been said that these are the biggest waves ever to hit Ireland.

The storm originated off Greenland, hence the nickname the “Viking storm”. Bundoran surfer Richie Fitzgerald, said that a particularly low tide on Thursday contributed to
a “huge, unruly and very dangerous” swell. He also described some “incredible
rides, some horrendous wipeouts, broken ribs, some bruised muscles, lost
boards, broken boards, shifting wind, massive boils, cross waves, super shallow
sections”, during an exciting session on the water.

Images from the Mullaghmore session have been quickly entered into the
XXL Biggest Wave competition. The Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards event is the
most important and prestigious ceremony that recognizes the most daring and
death defying surfers in the World. It includes awards for everything from best
paddle-in to best wave award. The most coveted award is for the Ride of the Year
for which the recipient will win $50,000 dollars. Andrew Cotton (UK) has
entered into the Ride of the Year category for his wave riding in Mullaghmore.