Campaign to stop funfair being 'hounded out' of Kinsale gathers momentum

"Pipers have entertained generations of people in Kinsale since 1932 ... we should be celebrating them, not eradicating their business and tradition."

The Piper family's showman's wagon on Short Quay, Kinsale.

Momentum is building behind a campaign to stop a traditional funfair from “being hounded out” of a famous Cork tourist town.

Hundreds of new signatures were added on Thursday to the petition calling on Cork County Council to reverse its instruction to the Piper family to remove their landmark showman’s wagon from its traditional parking spot on Kinsale’s Short Quay.