'Free of charge; free entry, free entertainment': Annual Puck Fair takes place this weekend

The three-day fair presided over traditionally by a wild mountain male goat is older than the charter of King James which gave it legitimacy in 1603.

'Free of charge; free entry, free entertainment': Annual Puck Fair takes place this weekend

Killorglin’s Puck Fair, in which the goat acts as king - and the people act the goat, begins tomorrow.

The three-day fair presided over traditionally by a wild mountain male goat is older than the charter of King James which gave it legitimacy in 1603.

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