'Not enough for children' at Festival?

Just a quick note regarding the 2014 River Festival I attended at the weekend, writes a contributor who asks to remain anonymous. I was just wondering what part of this is meant to be a family day out?

On arrival, coming down from Hillside as we passed Brennans Hardware there was of course the pony rides for children, which were quickly followed by basically a mini Electric Picnic type feel for over 18s, starting with the boozers outside O'Connells, Fallons, McTernans, the whole of the square. And the off-licence of course did a roaring trade as we continued up over the bridge littered with booze, the whole way up and back down to the square and the live music on display, which again was hardly suitable for young children.

OK, so once you climbed past all these family day attractions (????) then there were maybe three or four items for the kids, but basically this was not the place for young children on a Sunday afternoon. Just a thought for next year's committee to learn from yesterday.

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