Puck Fair

Puck Fair is one of Ireland's oldest festivals having been celebrated for more than 400 years. Only in Ireland would a wild mountain goat be crowned King and reign over a town for 3 days!  Killorglin - where a goat is King and the people act the goat! The first day of Puck Fair has for 400 years been called the Gathering Day which makes Puck Fair the original and oldest Gathering Festival in Ireland. Attend  the unique coronation ceremony & parade and you can enjoy free day & night concerts, storytelling, traditional music sessions & dancers, music & dance workshops, midnight madness fireworks & the Horse Fair, as part of many hours hours of free family entertainment. The carnival atmosphere includes street traders, street artists, craft fair, buskers, face painting, pet show, bonny babies, puppet theatre and music sessions.