King Puck keeps keen eye on rare old-style cattle fair

The rare sight nowadays of an old-style cattle fair on the street distracted attention from the goat at Puck Fair yesterday.

Around 200 cattle were corralled in pens along a 200m stretch of Langford St in Killorglin in full view of the goat, already controversially crowned King Puck, and he seemed oblivious to the trading as he sat on his lofty perch.

While farmers were dealing, tourists tip-toeing around the cow dung seemed curious as to what it was all about, given that the overwhelming majority of livestock are now traded through marts.