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THE Clare County Show went ahead last Sunday, in superb weather conditions with temperatures running as high as 25 degrees. The crowd exceeded expectations with up to 3,000 people on the grounds at peak time. “It was an outstanding success and possibly the best show we have had for the past 20 years,” show chairman, Joe Lillis, commented. “Our show jumping figures had 400 entries and the programme finished at 8pm.  Our cattle entries were 60% up on 2018, as were our horse showing entries, while miniature horses and donkey showing were in good supply.  Trade stands and machinery filled one section of the grounds.  Our dog show was very entertaining and entries exceeded 100. The arts, crafts and horticulture sections doubled in entries from last year while  the highlight of our indoor section was the small animal pet farm,” Mr Lillis added. The winner of the Champion Young Horse of the Show (De Valera Cup) was Cyril Stevens, Cranny and …

THE County Show went ahead last Sunday in superb weather conditions, with bright sunshine and very high temperatures. Clashing with the Munster hurling final hit the crowd to a certain extent, but it was still a very successful day according to chairman Joe Lillis. “The crowd was smaller than usual but we had great horse classes, plenty of jumpers, the cattle were back naturally because of the weather. We had a good few trade stands in it. We actually had a large fleet of donkeys in there.” He added, “The hurling took a good bit from it. Also the weather, a lot of people wouldn’t show cattle in that weather. The cattle just don’t perform, you could take a 100 weight off a beast travelling two hours in a box on a day like that. “The cattle were down, but the showing horses were up. We had a great All Ireland yearling class there, it’s known as the Banner yearling …