Regatta is set to make a big splash

MORE than 20,000 people are expected to converge on a harbour town in Cork for Ireland’s oldest regatta, generating more than €1 million for local businesses.

Kinsale Regatta, which is more than 200 years old, will kick off on Thursday, July 31, with an extensive programme of events for all ages.

The Beamish & Crawford-sponsored festival will open with the French game of boules at the town park in the evening, and there will be special appearances by You’re A Star competitor Sarah Brophy and local Special Olympians Sinead O’Brien and Noreen McCarthy.