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The absolute grimmest tweets from this year's Galway Races

The horror.
12.12pm, 1 Aug 2014
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AS YOU ARE likely aware, the Galway Races has been taking place all this week. Aside from being one of the biggest events on the horse-racing calendars, it’s also an excuse for many to put on a suit and drink lots and cause mayhem.

This year is no exception and some tweets from the festival are all kinds of grim and tragic.

People were anticipating the drinking

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There was the news that Swarovski crystals on toe nails was “the big thing”

“#15hoursesh” *shivers*

Requisite Orange Parade gags.

There were tweets from ‘true horse-racing fans’

There were these tweets that paint an unbearably grim picture of the event

Some people couldn’t look away.

And then there was the aftermath.

*shudders*

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