This year,Iorras Aontaithe/Erris United are celebrating it’s 25th anniversary and to coincide with this event the club float in this years St. Patrick’s day, in Belmullet will be filled with helium balloons and during the parade the balloons will be released. Each balloon will have a tag attached with the club web site www.errisunitedfc.ie. The person who retrieves or finds a balloon furthest away will win a prize. To claim your prize you most log on to the club web site with your name email address and balloon tag as proof of your find. Post this information in the comments section of this story and we will contact you.
March 16th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
This years float has been based on an original concept by Steven Spielberg and brought to you by the same people who did the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics. We also had to consult with eminent scientists to ensure that the trailer would not float away once it is filled with 250 helium filled balloons. We are assured it will not. So that’s ok then.
March 17th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
all the scientest in the world could not have predicted that the 25 ballons would head straight out over the atlantic,i expect the winner will be from the new york or florida region.
March 18th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
I’ll keep my eye out on the plane saturday, might get the pilot to take a detour try and spot 1
March 18th, 2009 at 11:30 pm
they headed out over the atlantic if ya spot coming home the weekend your gone to far.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
First balloon spotted in a pot of King Crab on board The Time Bandit in the Bering Sea on TV’s Deadliest Catch.