Puck Fair

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Puck Fair

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Location

Kerry, Killorglin

Year

1963

Date

Production 11/08/1963

Length

06min 36sec

Audio

mute

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcast Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

All the fun of the fair! This footage comes from the annual Puck Fair held in Killorglin in Co Kerry which officially dates a fair back to 1613, but is suspected to be much older again. You’ll see strange footage of a goat being hoisted up onto a platform in an elaborate lift. This is part of the tradition, with the name of the fair meaning “Fair of the He-Goat”, and where a group of men catch a wild goat from the local mountains. The creature is then crowned as King to watch over the proceedings for three days before being released. Fortunately, today the ceremony only lasts for a few hours before the “King” is discharged of his official duties.

All the normal fair activities are on show from the whirling rides to the stalls of merchandise, from Irish dancing and a procession of floats to donkey racing through the streets.

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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