Tipp farmer shakes his way to a world record
And it was not the only record to be set yesterday. The event was attended by more than 75,000 people the biggest ever one day attendance. Brendan Morrissey, a Macra na Feirme member from Cashel Road, Fethard, pressed the flesh at an average rate of 1,771 shakes an hour to claim a place in the Guinness Book of Records.
"I'm delighted with the response of the public. It's marvellous," he said, as he clocked up a massive 14,169 handshakes over eight hours to create the record outside the Macra stand.
