King Puck getting harder to track down, says catcher

THE thought of holding age-old Puck Fair without the regal presence of a wild goat is unimaginable, but it could yet happen.

King Puck getting harder to track down, says catcher

It’s becoming more difficult each year to find a male mountain goat to preside over the famous fair held in Killorglin, Co Kerry, for hundreds of years, according to chief goat-catcher Frank Joy.

This year, Frank and his team failed to find a goat on the first weekend they went searching in the foothills of the Kerry mountains, but eventually captured a four-year-old at Lickeen, in the Glencar area, last Sunday.

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