Bridge Lessons please contact Vincent McMahon

Bridge had been played in homes in Ballina for many years before the Balllina Bridge Club was formally established in March 1958;  this with a view to joining the many  people worldwide playing Contract Bridge and which required a hall to hold several tables. In the early years, players took their fold-away tables and packs of cards to the venue and a club grew out of this. Ballina Bridge Congress is an event that evolved from an idea our founding fathers had in the 1970s. The town has its Salmon Festival in  July each year which attracts many visitors to the town.  Aidan and Ena Cleary were living locally at the time and on returning from a Bridge Congress in Clonmel in the Spring of 1976 with a prize of a flitch of bacon,  the idea of holding a Bridge Congress in Ballina with salmon for prizes was born.  

We offer a friendly game of bridge on our club nights (Tuesdays starting at 19.45) in the

Great National Hotel Ballina. 

The Club is open to new members.   For details please contact the Club Secretary or the President.

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