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Sunday, November 24, 2024

Puck Fair

Stallholder Mage Daly, Limerick, selling soft toys at Puck Fair, 1950

Stallholder Mage Daly, Limerick, selling soft toys at Puck Fair, 1950. Her family had bee coming to to Puck for 70 years. Source: The Patrick Houlihan Collection. Ref No: P079

Group surround Butty Sugrue and his assistants pulling the trailer with King Puck, before...

Group surround Butty Sugrue and his assistants pulling the trailer with King Puck, before he was crowned King in 1966. Garda Tom Meila, Sunhill, helps keep back the crowd assisted by Timmy Cronin of...

Bridget Coffey with her baby and young daughter await the parade, Main Street, Puck...

Bridget Coffey holding her baby in her shawl with her daughter await the parade through Main Street, at Puck Fair circa 1940's. Source: The Patrick Houlihan Collection. Ref No: P068  

A well known face at Puck Fair in the 1960’s, though his name is...

A well known face at Puck Fair in the 1960's, though his name is unknown.Source: The Patrick Houlihan Collection. Ref No: P069

Stongman Butty Sugrue wrestling with King Puck on the mountain side, 1953

Stongman Butty Sugrue wrestling with King Puck on the mountain side, 1953. .Source: The Patrick Houlihan Collection. Ref No: P070

A young man on top of the Puck Stand, helping to hoist King Puck...

A young man on top of the Puck Stand, helping to hoist King Puck into position in 1967. Source: The Patrick Houlihan Collection. Ref No: P071

Members of the Travelling Community pose for a photo outside one of their barrel-top...

Members of the Travelling Community pose for a photo outside one of their barrel-top caravan at Puck Fair, circa 1950's.Source: The Patrick Houlihan Collection. Ref No: P072

King Puck takes stock after being released back to the highlands of Glencar, circa...

King Puck takes stock after being released back to the highlands of Glencar, circa 1970's. Source: The Patrick Houlihan Collection. Ref No: P073

Barrel-top caravans lined along the Killarney road during Puck Fair. Cattle being escorted home...

Barrel-top caravans lined along the Killarney road during Puck Fair. Cattle being escorted home from the Fair, circa 1940's. Source: The Patrick Houlihan Collection. Ref No: P074

Fortune tellers, Miss Flynn and Miss Sheridan, from the Travelling Community, at Puck Fair,...

Fortune tellers, Miss Flynn and Miss Sheridan, from the Travelling Community, at Puck Fair, 1970.Source: The Patrick Houlihan Collection. Ref No: P075

Scene at the Square, Killorglin, during Puck Fair, circa 1900’s

Scene at the Square, Killorglin, during Puck Fair, circa 1900's. Source: The Patrick Houlihan Collection. Ref No: P063

Man sitting on an old Guinness Barrel smoking a pipe during Puck Fair, circa...

Man sitting on an old Guinness Barrel smoking a pipe during Puck Fair, circa 1950's. Source: The Patrick Houlihan Collection. Ref No: P064

A lady standing near the Puck Stand,circa 1950’s

A lady standing near the Puck Stand, circa 1950's. Source: The Patrick Houlihan Collection. Ref No: P065

Civic reception for Ballycastle, Ballinasloe and Puck Fair Commitee Members, 1984

Civic reception for Ballycastle, Ballinasloe and Puck Fair Committee Members, 1984. Left to Right: Tom Wall (Committe Member of Ballinasloe Fair), Dermot Foley (Puck Fair Chairman) and Paddy Dooley of Ballinasloe Horse Fair on...

Fair Day at Puck Fair, 1950’s

Fair Day at Puck Fair, 1950's. Sign for Tom O'Connor's Bar on the left, now Nick's Bar and Restaurant. Source: The Patrick Houlihan Collection. Ref No: P067

Boy with cows outside Cliffords on Langford Street, Killorglin during Puck Fair, 1982

Boy with cows outside Cliffords on Langford Street, Killorglin pass4sure 920-548 during Puck Fair, 1982. Source: The Patrick Houlihan Collection. pass4sure MB6-502 Ref No:P060

Barbara Castle, Minister in the British Government talking with Michael Houlihan during her visit...

Barbara Castle, Minister of Transport in the Harold Wilson lead Labour British Government, talking with Michael Houlihan during her visit to Puck Fair,1967. Source: The Patrick Houlihan Collection. Ref No:P061

Two pigs outside pub with ‘Guinness’ sign on pub window, Puck Fair, circa 1960’s

Two pigs outside pub with 'Guinness' sign on pub window, Puck Fair, circa 1960's. Source: The Patrick Houlihan Collection. Ref No: P062

Puck Fair Cattle Fair at Langford Street, 1981

Puck Fair Cattle Fair at Langford Street, 1981. House with sign is Phil Freeman 'Dodds' Hairdresser. Photo taken by English Photographer, Martin Parr who later wrote a book called 'Irish Fairs'. Photo taken on...

Puck Fair seen taken from window of Bianconi, Lower Bridge Steet, circa 1900

Puck Fair seen taken from window of what is now the Bianconi, Lower Bridge Steet, circa 1900. Source: The Lawrence Collection. Ref No: P057