168 year old Carbery Show is back on the road

THE march of time caught up with one of the country’s most celebrated agricultural shows last year, but it’s back on track this year.

Carbery Show in Skibbereen has been on the go since 1836. Indeed, the flavour of the show’s early years were immortalised by local literary figures, Edith Somerville and her cousin, Violet Martin, in their classic novel, Some Experiences of an Irish RM, which reached a worldwide audience in the hugely successful TV series, The Irish RM.

But last year, in the 167th year of the event, Carbery Show was halted because of construction of the N71 by-pass road through the show grounds.