Galway Race Course

The Galway Races is an Irish horse-racing festival that starts on the last Monday of July every year. Held at Ballybrit Racecourse in Galway, Ireland over seven days, it is one of the longest of all the race meets that occur in Ireland.The busiest days of the festival are Wednesday, when the Galway Plate is held, and Thursday, when the Galway Hurdle and Ladies' Day take place.

Ballybrit Race Track (also known as Galway Racecourse) is a horse race course in County Galway, Ireland. It is located in the village of Ballybrit, in the environs of Castlegar, just north of the N6 Bóthar na dTreabh, c.6 km northeast of Galway city.The track has two stands, the Main stand, and the Millennium stand.

Greenpark Racecourse was a horse racing venue in Limerick, Ireland.In 1963 the venue was used by Limerick mayor Frances Condell to host a reception for President John Fitzgerald Kennedy on his visit to Ireland. At the venue in 1979, Irish runner John Treacy won gold at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships and a stage of Pope John Paul II's visit to Ireland was held here.