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GLIN HORSE FAIR


Posted on: 27 November, 2011

The annual Horse and Cattle fair will be held on Saturday next, December 3 in the square in Glin, Co Limerick. A great day of fun entertainment nostalgia and craic is to be had as one relives the memories of the past with cattle, sheep, horses, pigs, hens, geese, turkeys, and many other farmyard animals and pets been traded. The streets will be lined with street vendors trading in all types of wares from a needle to an anchor all this can be enjoyed with a Christmas atmosphere. 


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