Would you like to become involved in Portaferry Gala 2014? Have you any events you’d like to see taking place next July? From The Little Flower of the County Down, through to the Dog Show, from entertainment on the stage to photos and reports for this website or ferry fm – everyone is more than welcome to join us and lend a hand.
If you fancy coming on board the Gala Committee then please come along to our next meeting and we’ll welcome you onboard! We meet the first Wednesday of the Month in Barholm at 7.30pm.

If you won a prize in this years Gala Ballot – you can pick it up from the Action Cancer Shop in High Street.

2013 Winners and Prizes
Meal Voucher for La Mon House Hotel : Martha Tumelty
Candle Basket : Reene
Dundonald Ice Bowl Voucher : Brain Clarke, Emmett O’ Neill, Nancy Braniff, Paula & Fiona Hughes and Ruth Shaw
Wine: Martin McClusky, Fred Kelly, Lisa Smith and Andrew McNeill

A big thank you to all our Sponsors, Volunteers and Portaferry Residents for all your support across Gala Week 2013. We hope you enjoyed the week and if you have any feedback, please do get in touch. Event suggestions are always welcome as are constructive comments on “taking Gala forward”. Well done to all the pubs for their excellent floats, Tilly the Clown and the various Bands who paraded on Float Night. Gala is a team effort, if you’d like to join us, please do get in touch. Here’s to Gala 2014!

The Float Po makes it’s journey to Fiddlers Green

Winners of the 2013 Float Parade

For pictures from Float Night 2013, please click here.

Wow! What a roasting hot Friday afternoon on the Square.

Thanks as always to everyone who came out to support the Children’s Fancy Dress, this event goes from strength to strength and is rapidly becoming a series of “mini floats”.
Pictures are now on line click here.

Ferry FM celebrated its 18th Birthday this year, having launched on 15th July 1995.  Our website www.portaferrytown.com also celebrates its 10th Birthday this year, having been launched in 2005.  To mark these events a special cake was baked which the radio presenters gladly got stuck into………. bearing in mind they demolished Paul Buckle’s birthday cake in seconds!

Gala Friday has arrived and what a warm day it is.  We were joined by Downtown Radio in the square.

Caroline and Susan from the Gala Committee were interviewed by Paul Orr on Downtown.

Producer Dave even posed with the bus.

Congratulations to all who took part.  The winners were:-

During Gala Week teams of children aged 11-17 were involved on a challenge to complete various tasks during the week.

The winning team was “Havanagoodtimes” consisting of:- Louisa Buckle, Coleen McConnell and Dervla Coleman (missing from pic Hannah Toner)

The Runners Up in the challenge were “Made in China” and representing the team in the photo is Brendan McGrattan and Oran Dorrian.

Roasting Hot Afternoon on Windmill Hill, for pictures, click here.