CARNDONAGH Community
School which has a whopping 10,000 past pupils will
play its part in the biggest ever tourism initiative
in Ireland - The Gathering.
The school, once the biggest in the country, will
host its Carndonagh Community School Gathering in
August 2013. Former pupils can be traced across 90
countries over a 40 year period.
The gathering will bring together alumni and/or
their descendants to Carndonagh for a massive
reunion. Already 2,100 people across the world have
expressed an interest in the Gathering reunion
through the school website and Facebook pages.
Organiser John Collins said: “We’re very excited
about the prospects of the Carndonagh Community
School 40th Anniversary Reunion. It’s potentially a
gathering of massive proportions, incorporating not
only the school itself but the community at large”.
The Gathering Ireland 2013 spearheaded by the
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, is the
"most ambitious tourism initiative" ever undertaken
in Ireland.
Up to 50 community meetings are planned for autumn
as preparations for 2013 gather pace. Almost 2,000
people have participated in 11 meetings to date,
sharing ideas for gatherings in their community and
exploring how they can be part of the Gathering
Ireland 2013.
Spokesman, Jim Miley, said: “Organising a Gathering
within your family or your community can have direct
positive consequences for your community and for
Ireland as a whole.
"Turning ideas into Gatherings is the next critical
step and we are encouraging people to log onto the
website, look at the resources available online and
create something in their community that will
contribute to bringing tourists to Ireland and
making 2013 an extraordinarily special year for
Ireland.” |
