Tullamore Show to go ahead at new site next year

THE celebrated Tullamore Show, which had to be cancelled in each of the past two years because of weather conditions, is to go ahead on August 9 next at a new site.

Formal confirmation is expected today that the show, which incorporates the AIB national livestock show, will be held on an elevated 250-acre site on the Butterfield Estate at Greatwood, Blueball, 3km from the site of previous shows.

It is understood Ann Marie Butterfield and her husband, Steven McQuade, offered Tullamore Show the use of their estate to stage next year’s event.