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Lunar Eclipse on Winter Solstice, Blarney, Ireland

A total lunar eclipse occurred on the winter solstice for the first time in almost 400 years. Also known as a Red Moon. Blarney, Co Cork, Ireland. 21...

by Sean Russell in Ireland on 21/12/2010

The Critical Mass bike protest took place Friday, July 30, 2010 in downtown Vancouver BC, Canada causing traffic disruptions all in an effort to promote bike usage and the construction of bike lanes. Vancouver, Canada. 30/07/2010

Society

Critical Mass Bike Protest in Vancouver

The Critical Mass bike protest took place Friday, July 30, 2010 in downtown Vancouver BC, Canada causing traffic disruptions all in an effort to...

by Stefan Feldmann in Canada on 30/07/2010

With a pungent aroma of horse manure prevailing as heavy rain gave way to warm sunshine, the 700 year old Cahirmee Horse Fair took place on the 13th July in the town of Buttevant, Ireland. Crowds of up to 20,000 people descended on the small North Cork town, for a day of buying and selling of horses, ponies, foals, donkeys, puppies, saddlery and other knick knacks. The popular social gathering traditionally begins on the day before the town is officially closed to vehicles; the main street filled with traders and stock wandering loose amongst the crowd or ridden bareback and bridle less by teenagers and children. Buttevant, formerly a 19th century British military town, is also the original home of the first ever steeplechase, held in 1752 from the town’s protestant church to Doneraile some 4.5 miles away. Local legend has it that Napoleon’s horse, Marengo, was bought at Cahirmee Fair in 1799 as was Wellington’s steed Copenhagen. The annual summer event remains one of the few, and rapidly decreasing opportunities, to see one of rural Ireland’s oldest traditions of horse trading.

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Cahirmee Fair

The 700 year old horse trading Cahirmee Fair taking place in County Cork, Ireland. This rarely documented event gives a brief glimpse into the...

by Iona Craig in Ireland on 12/07/2009

21/12/2010 - Lunar Eclipse on Winter Solstice, Blarney, Ireland - Ireland - A total lunar eclipse occurred on the...
30/07/2010 - Critical Mass Bike Protest in Vancouver - Canada - The Critical Mass bike protest took...
12/07/2009 - Cahirmee Fair - Ireland - The 700 year old horse trading Cahirmee...

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Lunar Eclipse on Winter Solstice, Blarney, Ireland

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Lunar Eclipse on Winter Solstice, Blarney, Ireland

A total lunar eclipse occurred on the winter solstice for the first time in almost 400 years. Also known as a Red Moon. Blarney, Co Cork, Ireland. 21/12/2010.
by Sean Russell, on 21st of December 2010
Critical Mass Bike Protest in Vancouver

Society

Critical Mass Bike Protest in Vancouver

The Critical Mass bike protest took place Friday, July 30, 2010 in downtown Vancouver BC, Canada causing traffic disruptions all in an effort to promote bike usage and the construction ...
by Stefan Feldmann, on 30th of July 2010
Cahirmee Fair

Society

Cahirmee Fair

The 700 year old horse trading Cahirmee Fair taking place in County Cork, Ireland. This rarely documented event gives a brief glimpse into the rapidly fading tradition of horse tradin...
by Iona Craig, on 12th of July 2009

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