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Ballybrit Racecourse

Ballybrit Race Track, also known as Galway Racecourse, is a horse race course in County Galway, Ireland. It is located in the townland of Ballybrit, in the environs of Castlegar, just north of the N6 Bóthar na dTreabh, c.6 km northeast of Galway city.

Course information
Ballybrit is a right-handed course of about one mile and three furlongs, with a steep decline into the dip where the last two fences are situated. There is a sharp incline to the finish line. The Corrib was thought to have the longest bar in the world. Its terrace can hold 7,000 people, including seating for 700. Permission would become permanent pending the finalisation of the plans for the Galway City Ring Road. ==History==
History
The first meeting was held in 1869. As part of his visit to Ireland in 1979, Pope John Paul II celebrated mass at the racecourse for two hundred and eighty thousand people. In 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland, the racecourse was used as a mass vaccination centre. ==Notable races==
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