Sport and Other Events
Events held on the Common include:
- Since 1977 the Latin American football League has played organised football on the red car pitches located on the south side of the common
- British Australian Rules Football League Grand Final, for which it is the traditional venue
- Colourscape Music Festival (one venue) since 1995
- Lesbian & Gay Pride festivals since 1996 and 1997
- The music festival Get Loaded In The Park
- Large scale music events, including 'Picnic Rocks' held by Action Against Hunger
- The South West Four music festival each year
- Every Easter and February George Irvin's Funfair visits the Common
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Famous quotes containing the words sport and, sport and/or events:
“Sport and death are the two great socializing factors in Ireland ...”
—Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)
““Justice” was done, and the President of the Immortals, in Æschylean phrase, had ended his sport with Tess. And the d’Urberville knights and dames slept on in their tombs unknowing. The two speechless gazers bent themselves down to the earth, as if in prayer, and remained thus a long time, absolutely motionless: the flag continued to wave silently. As soon as they had strength they arose, joined hands again, and went on.
The End”
—Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)
“One cannot be a good historian of the outward, visible world without giving some thought to the hidden, private life of ordinary people; and on the other hand one cannot be a good historian of this inner life without taking into account outward events where these are relevant. They are two orders of fact which reflect each other, which are always linked and which sometimes provoke each other.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)