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Spancill Horse Fair has been cancelled for the second year running due to Covid-19. Photograph by Arthur Ellis
Spancilhill Horse Fair off the cards for another year
May 5, 2021
CELEBRATIONS to mark the 400
th anniversary of the Spancilhill Horse Fair will not go ahead this year, as organisers of the world-famous event have taken the decision to cancel the festival for 2021.
The event is a much-loved focal point in the calendar for horse-traders and equestrian enthusiasts across this country and beyond, and it is very much tied to its date of June 23. “It is more or less set in stone and that’s meant we’re not really in a position to defer or postpone the fair,” explained Chairperson of the event committee Brian Clune. “The date is tied in with other big events in Clare like the Willie Clancy Summer School and then the likes of the Dublin Horse Show and the Ballinasloe Horse Fair. We took
Minister for Defence and Clare native, Tony Killeen, laying a wreath at the site on the Glenwood Ambush as the 90th anniversary was marked in 2011. Also pictured are Fr Harry Bohan and members of the Glenwood Ambush Memorial Committee.
Remembering the Glenwood Ambush of 1921
January 18, 2021
PLANS to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Glenwood ambush on Wednesday next, January 20, have now been deferred to later in the year in compliance with Covid-19 Level 5 restrictions.
A very scaled down commemorative event will take place on the anniversary, however, with the lighting of a memorial lamp and the flying of a tricolour.