Kenmare street traders set out stall

This weekend marked Kenmare’s “Pattern Day” - the Feast of the Assumption, when the people of Kilgarvan and Ballyvourney to the east, Sneem to the West, Glengarriff and the Beara to the south gather in the Kerry heritage town.

In recent years the bric a brac and machinery stalls from Puck Fair in Killorglin, have been decamping also and now line Main Street, the Square and the Green area, many of them making their own arrangements on where they set up.

But for frustrated shopkeepers, it is “Pattern Day” every day now in Kenmare in terms of a free-for-all street trading and there is increasing tension between street traders and businesses.