Piper's funfair 'unlikely to return to Kinsale this year'

The traditional merries may not reopen in the Cork town due to the €30,000 bond demanded by Cork County Council

Brendan Piper at his traditional showman's wagon which is now unlikely to return to Kinsale Co Cork this year. File picture: David Forsythe

The owner of Kinsale’s traditional funfair that has been a summer fixture in the town since the 1930s has said that the historic attraction is now unlikely to return this year. 

Brendan Piper said that conditions imposed by Cork County Council after the covid pandemic mean that setting up the funfair for 2023 is not possible and the council have so far not accepted his offer of compromise proposals.