Cattle marts report: Despite traffic jams, stampede for quality cattle continues in Pamplona, West Cork
And for those of you who are unacquainted with Macroom’s ‘rush hour’ traffic, it occurs every summer from late May to early September. Macroom, the gateway to the west, is like a town where the gate is always half closed.
In Listowel recently, having a few jars in the company of local poet Gerard Byrne, we talked about a great many things, but one matter the poet kept returning to was the traffic gridlock in the town of Macroom. “Is there anything going to be done about it?” a concerned Gerard asked. Even in the far away bars of Listowel, Macroom’s infamous reputation for holding up traffic is a conversation topic.
