Cattle marts report: Serious trading done at regional marts as buyers travel from all corners of the country

On Tuesday morning, in a state of utter confusion, I found myself in Lissarda village. You see, I didn’t know whether to turn right for Corrin, or left for Kanturk.

Both cattle marts are held on Tuesday, and both marts are about the same distance from Lissarda. I just couldn’t decide which way to swing my old jeep. In the end I went straight for Mai Fitz’s in Lissarda to have the breakfast, in the hope that a good feed at Larry’s might straighten me out and settle my mind to go one way or the other.

And with the sausages and rashers gone down the hatch, I felt so content and satisfied that I was half inclined to go back home to bed and give the marts a skip entirely.