Factories loosen purse strings for an upbeat Skibbereen fatstock show and sale

Isn’t it every farmer’s dream to one day be holding the halter of the winning animal at a fatstock show and sale? Of course it is! Sure what else do we dream about?

Anyway, this fine dream became a reality for a handful of very lucky farmers in Skibbereen on Friday.

Tired as I am at looking at my own plain, but happy, stock at home, I took a trip back to Skibbereen on Friday to view the fatstock action for myself.