Uplifting win after back-breaking effort

Every marriage carries a weight of expectation but for couples, married and unmarried, on the Ring of Kerry yesterday, the burden was felt all the more keenly.

The Finnish-style wife-carrying competition at the family fun festival in Sneem has gone from strength to strength in recent years with all sorts of couples competing, an organiser said yesterday.

This year’s event was won by locals Mike Wilson and Treacy Ann Meaker, from Tousist in Kerry.