Tourists set to vist Clare to experience Irish rain

The rain has been our biggest talking point in Clare this summer, but could it be a selling point for tourists too?

"Fliuch Fest", a proposed celebration of the rain in the West of Ireland is one idea to emerge from a meeting on the Gathering in Ennis, where visitors from twin towns in Arizona and Rain Soaked Seattle would be invited to sample the showers in the banner county.

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The Gathering aims to be the biggest tourism event ever held in Ireland next year, bringing in 325,000 extra visitors.