Cork’s summer show marks new era with change in venue

THE 168-year-old Cork Summer Show will begin another exciting era when it is held at a new venue in Ballincollig on June 20/21.

For the past 108 years the event has been held at the Munster Agricultural Society’s showgrounds in Ballintemple, having earlier been located in Cornmarket Street, Anglesea Street and Cork Racetrack, now the Marina Commercial Park.

The 2008 show was the last to have been held at the traditional 22 acre Ballintemple site, prior to it being developed, with the result that a new home for the popular event had to be sought.