Gorey, County Wexford - Gorey, Gorey Railway Station, Gorey Community School, Gorey RFC (Paperback)

Chapters: Gorey, Gorey Railway Station, Gorey Community School, Gorey Rfc. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Gorey - Many new shops have been added in the last few years, including the Gorey Shopping Centre; Esmonde Street has been developed from a residential street to a mainly-commercial street and, by all appearances, a similar transformation is occurring on 'The Avenue'. Five supermarkets compete for customers in the town. For visitors, there are two modern hotels, both with leisure centre, swimming pools, and conference facilities. The town has several restaurants, catering for Italian, Indian, Chinese, Thai and, of course, Irish cuisine Courtown Harbour or Courtown, a small holiday resort popular with weekend visitors from Dublin, is situated 5 km (3 mi) east of Gorey. Gorey has an extremely active theatre group which produces several plays through the year and organises performances by visiting groups. They also host an annual, week-long Drama Festival. In the summer months, the group produces a twice-weekly play which is popular with both locals and visitors. Every second year, a Pantomime is produced, which is always well received. Gorey Musical Society has one production a year; in 2006, they staged the all-Irish musical, "The Ha'penny Bridge," and were the first amateur group to have been given the honour to do so. In 2007, the Society successfully staged 'Oklahoma ', for which the society received several nominations from the Association of Irish Musical Societies' annual "Oscar. At the awards ceremony in Killarney, Gorey MS received the award for the Best Overall Show in Ireland, as well as the awards for Best Male Singer and Best Supporting Actress. Several music groups are active in the Gorey area, which play both traditional Irish musi...http: //booksllc.net/?id=758360