Three Sisters Bid Team

Speaking to Bid team from one of her favourite Waterford locations of Woodstown beach Niamh Briggs talks about how the ‘Three Ships’ emblem of Waterford was created from the Power and O’Driscoll Clan Battle with the Mayor of Waterford and his sailing of 3 Galleys back up the estuary past Woodstown after Waterford’s success at battle. Niamh says, “This is a fantastic piece of our history and culture that we should endeavor to ensure everyone knows about. My passion for Waterford is massive, we are very proud people and I think at times Waterford can almost be forgotten about so a Bid like this is massive for us. If we could get it, it would open up many peoples eyes to the wonderful attributes that Waterford has.”

VIDEO LINK: THREE SISTERS 2020: CULTURAL CHAMPION WATERFORD- NIAMH BRIGGS

Speaking about his passion for Waterford and his desire to see the Three Sisters Bid being successful Jim Nolan says, “I love my City and County and the South East region, I love it because it is a beautiful, exciting and inspiring place to work and live; but mostly I love it for its people, people are my raw material.”

Video link: Three Sisters 2020: Cultural Champion Waterford- Jim Nolan

Jim continues to tell his story of growing up on the multi-cultural German Road in Waterford in the 1960’s and he concludes his video with a heartfelt call out to the people of Waterford to join him, to tell their story and sign up to support the Bid at

Proud to now live in Waterford and passionate about the Food Culture of the region Michael Kelly says, “This region has an incredible food culture, we have a huge array of seasonal produce, incredible restaurants and in Waterford our own European designated food product, ‘the Blaa’. A most incredible thing that could happen from this Bid is if we could get people from all over Ireland, all over Europe and even beyond to come here and experience the food culture that we have.” Michael calls on the people of Waterford and the region to sign up and support the Bid at

ThreeSisters2020.ie.

VIDEO LINK: THREE SISTERS 2020: CULTURAL CHAMPION WATERFORD- MICHAEL KELLY

JIM NOLAN, NIAMH BRIGGS AND MICHAEL KELLY CHAMPION THE ‘THREE SISTERS 2020’ BID AND CALL ON THE PEOPLE OF WATERFORD TO SHARE THEIR VISION TO WIN THE TITLE

Playwright Jim Nolan, Captain of the Irish Women’s Rugby Team Niamh Briggs and Founder of GIY Michael Kelly are calling on the people of Waterford to join them and share their vision for the European Capital of Culture 2020 in order to help win the title. Jim, Niamh and Michael all joined the Bid team to create a video and tell their Three Sisters 2020 story. All three Waterford Champion videos can now be viewed in full at www.threesisters2020.ie

Four cities in Ireland are currently competing for the European Capital of Culture title for 2020.  The South East region, Waterford, Wexford and Kilkenny, under the Three Sisters 2020 banner is putting its best foot forward to win the prestigious title which carries a €1.5 million prize. To win, the people of the region need to demonstrate their ambition and desire to host the Capital of Culture in 2020 by sharing their ideas and vision to help build a picture of proposed cultural events, which would take place here in 2020.

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Brian Cody Champions the South East European Capital of Culture 2020 as a Bid Ambassador

Hurling Manager Brian Cody has come on board as a Bid Ambassador for the Three Sisters 2020 – the partnership of the cities and counties of Waterford, Wexford and Kilkenny whom are jointly bidding for the 2020 title of European Capital of Culture.

Brian Cody is regarded as one of the greatest managers of Ireland’s national game and has been in charge of the uber successful Kilkenny Senior Hurling Team since 1998. It has been said that Cody lives and breathes hurling and there is no doubt that he derives much enjoyment from the ancient Gaelic game of some 3,000 years of age and what is the world’s fastest field sport.

VIEW NOW: BRIAN CODY KILKENNY CULTURAL AMBASSADOR VIDEO 

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