Gort - Rouillon Twinning Project
GORT – ROUILLON TWINNING PROJECT
The Gort-Rouillon Twinning Project began in the summer of 2004 when Christophe Bigot of Rouillon, in Brittany,
Rouillon is a relatively new town with a population of 2,300. It is ideally located at the crossroads of
The Gort Chamber of Commerce DVD / Video “GORT,
The Twinning Committee was subsequently set up in Gort consisting of eight members initially. The first Twinning visit took place in February 2005 when Committee members from Gort visited Rouillon.
Since then a total of five twinning visits have taken place between the two towns with the weekend of 13th to 16th September 2008, being the most recent visit to date, consisting of twenty eight of our friends from
It has been a wonderful experience for the Gort people to live “the French way of life” and for the French people to taste the “Irish way of life”.
Interest in the Twinning project is growing steadily. Many friendships have been formed between the people of Rouillon and Gort and now the younger members of both the Irish and French families are planning visits with each other.
The members of the Twinning Project are always delighted when new families join.
Anyone who is interested in becoming involved, please feel free at any time to contact:
Martina Earley 086-3750388
Olivia O’Grady 086-8096121
Nora Connolly 087-9074815