Rural show enjoys large turnout

MOTHER Nature did her best to be a spoil sport at the 52nd annual Cappamore Agricultural Show in Co Limerick yesterday.

But she failed to break an age old tradition that has ensured fine weather for the annual celebration of rural lifestyles. Heavy rain has never been known to fall on show day in Cappamore because, it is said, the organisers acceded to a request from a local priest many years ago not to hold the event on a Sunday.

There were showers yesterday in places surrounding the show venue, but only an early drizzle fell in Cappamore and it stayed warm.