'Cavan Calling' cancelled

 

The County Council has called off 'Cavan Calling' due to the Coronavirus.

The 2020 flagship event is to be postponed instead until 2021, with the Chief Executive of Cavan County Council noting: “After careful consideration, and with the safety of our friends at home and abroad foremost in our thoughts, we have taken the difficult decision to postpone Cavan Calling until 2021.”

The very first ‘Cavan Day’ was due to be among the highlights of a weekend-long celebration of the county to take place this coming August.

From Dowra to Dubai, Ballyjamesduff to Boston, people from across the globe were invited to celebrate all that is Cavan in terms of culture, heritage, music, and landscape.
But Mr Ryan said in a statement issued this lunchtime, that the global effort to halt the spread of coronavirus has “understandably made it difficult” to plan overseas travel.

So in order to facilitate containment measures both at home and abroad, he said the Council believes it is in the best interests of everyones safety to host our homecoming celebration at a later date, “when we can safely bring the global Cavan family together in a spirit of kinship and community.”

 

 

Much effort had already gone into planning what was being billed as to be an “unforgettable celebration” of all things Cavan.

Mr Ryan stated: “While we know that a great many of you across the globe were excited to come home this August, allow me to assure you that Cavan Calling will be back in 2021, even bigger and better than before.

“For now, until Cavan Calling brings us together again, stay safe,” he concluded.