Fortunes made and foretold at Puck fair day

If a well-known beer did ringside seats, they would probably be like this — right in front of the cattle ring with a freshly-poured pint in one hand and a cigarette in the other.

Revellers who turned the corner on Killorglin’s Langford St were surprised to find themselves in the middle of a cattle mart.

August 11 is ‘Fair Day’ at Puck Fair and unlike the previous day’s horse fair, the cattle have managed to hold onto their pitch on one of the Kerry town’s busiest streets.