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Baboró International Arts Festival for Children, Ireland's flagship arts festival dedicated to children and families, has launched its playful, thought provoking and imaginative programme for the upcoming 27th annual event, which will take place in venues across Galway city and county from October 13 to 22.

Ireland will once again host a leg of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series on September 12 2021 at Downpatrick Head in County Mayo, broadcasting across the globe live on Red Bull TV. The series was last held in the west in 2017. Pictured during that series is Sergio Guzman of Mexico diving from the 27.5 metre platform during the first rounds of the first stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series at the Serpent`s Lair, Inis Mor.

Blackrock diving tower could be in line for major renovation and enhancement works as City Hall is assessing submissions from consultants who are prepared to undertake the proposed works.

Salthill's iconic Blackrock diving tower to get a new coat of paint, a move one local councillor has welcomed in the wake of the structure looking "shoddy" on the front page of a national daily paper.

Up until the mid-19th century, there was a cluster of thatched cottages at Blackrock. on the Night of the Big Wind [January 6, 1839] these were literally blown away by the ferocity of the storm and the tide and most of the occupants had to move inland. They were mostly fishermen and there had always been a tradition of fishing in the area. Blackrock was also a favourite place for men bathing, and in 1885, Mr Moon and some of his friends decided to place a springboard there. Unfortunately they did not have ‘planning permission’ from the owner of the land, Colonel O’Hara, and he had the board removed and made it difficult for the bathers to get to the rock at all. It ended up in court and the urban council stepped in and signed a lease giving a public right of way to the bathing area.

Up until the mid-19th century, there was a cluster of thatched cottages at Blackrock. on the Night of the Big Wind [January 6, 1839] these were literally blown away by the ferocity of the storm and the tide and most of the occupants had to move inland. They were mostly fishermen and there had always been a tradition of fishing in the area. Blackrock was also a favourite place for men bathing, and in 1885, Mr Moon and some of his friends decided to place a springboard there. Unfortunately they did not have ‘planning permission’ from the owner of the land, Colonel O’Hara, and he had the board removed and made it difficult for the bathers to get to the rock at all. It ended up in court and the urban council stepped in and signed a lease giving a public right of way to the bathing area.

The warm summer of 1885 encouraged Mr. Moon and his friends to place a springboard at Blackrock where there is a tidal range of 17’3”. This did not please the landlord Col. O’Hara who made life difficult for the bathers, often denying them access to the bathing area.

Tickets for the return of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series to Inis Mor have sold out in just two weeks.

More than 3,000 people visited the Aran Islands for the 2014 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, a two day event which saw 14 divers from all over the world diving from a 28 metre platform specially constructed over Serpent’s Lair on Inis Mór.

Ireland will stage the third stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2014 at the Serpent’s Lair on Inis Mór this June 28 and 29.