Borris Horse fair 2009
Feature. 15th August 2009. The Borris Horse Fair, County Carlow, Ireland. An annual gathering dating back many generations, the Borris Fair is an occasion for the buying and selling of horses, goods
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The Borris Fair is an annual mix of goods to sell, goods to buy, horses and religious nick-nacks.
The fair, held annually on August 15th — the Feast of the Assumption — reputedly dates from the days when Shakespeare was writing sonnets and the virgin queen, Elizabeth I, nominally ruled Ireland. But forget merrie Tudor pageantry; this was more like Electric Picnic for the Traveller community.
Handsome young bucks in Marlon Brando singlets paraded prized piebalds.
Fake-tanned girls in gravity-defying hemlines pouted like glamour-models awaiting a Heat magazine photo shoot.
Fearless little boys strutted with the panache of Bugsy Malone toughs and handled the horses with uncanny expertise.
A stallholder selling alarmingly authentic “toy” guns from China. “They’re great for the kids,” he remarked. The packaging advised: “Do not shoot at humans or animals — for over-18 use only.”
The air was pungent with the scent of curry chips and steaming piles of dung. There wasn’t a Killarney horse-nappy in sight.
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- id:132039
- date:14 August 2009
- dimensions:10.02 x 6.66 in. (3008 x 2000 px)
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- file size in memory:17.21 MB
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Feature. 15th August 2009. The Borris Horse Fair, County Carlow, Ireland. An annual gathering dating back many generations, the Borris Fair is an occasion for the buying and selling of horses, goods
Details
- id:132039
- date:14 August 2009
- dimensions:10.02 x 6.66 in. (3008 x 2000 px)
- dpi:300dpi
- file size in memory:17.21 MB
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