Packed pubs, sold-out hotels, a run on steak, €1.5m spent on weanling heifers to a top of €33,500… ‘for anyone interested in breeding or showing cattle, or even people who just appreciate top-quality stock, this is our version of the Ploughing’
Customers at McHugh’s bar in Carrick could keep an eye on the show with a live feed from the Showgrounds. Photos: Gerry Faughnan
A silence so complete you could hear a penny drop. And then the hammer fell: €33,500, the kind of money that once belonged only in pedigree sales, not a commercial ring.
It left many onlookers questioning whether Carrick Winter Fair has entered an even crazier financial dimension.