Excitement is building for the thirteenth annual Gap Arts Festival in and around Ballythomas, to run on the weekend of August 11 – 13. Launching the festival at Gorey Municipal Offices on Tuesday evening, Leas-Cathaoirleach Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin highlighted the position of the festival in the community and the region. “It was awarded the prestigious EFFE Label as a unique festival by the European Festivals Association, and its Community Portrait Project was nominated for a European Rural Inspiration Award,” said Cllr Súilleabháin.