Pictured during the Irish Angus bull calf competition at the Iverk Show. \ Patrick Browne
The Iverk Show has been postponed until 2022 due to ongoing uncertainty around long-term national plans for festivals and events.
Guided by COVID-19 recommendations from the Government, HSE and the Irish Shows Association, the show committee has decided to cancel the 2021 event which was due to take place on 28 August.
Show president Jack Kearns, chair Robert Dowley and members of the committee have expressed bitter disappointment at having to cancel the event for a second year in a row.
The Iverk Show is Ireland’s oldest agricultural show, having been founded in 1826. The 2022 show is to be held in Piltown, Co Kilkenny, on Saturday 27 August.
Image source: Iverk Show
Organisers of the Iverk Show, the longest running agricultural show in Ireland, have officially announced the cancellation of the event for the second year running due to Covid-19 restrictions.
Organisers of the show, which was founded in 1826 and takes places in Piltown, Co. Kilkenny, are hopeful that the show can go ahead next year.
The organisers said that they have “big plans” for the 2022 edition, which is scheduled to take place on August 27, 2022.
Image source: Iverk Show
KCLR News earlier today (April 7), Norman Storey, PRO of the Iverk Show, said:
“It’s mainly due to the uncertainty surrounding the short term and medium term plans for under Covid restrictions that we weren’t sure.
Iverk Show 2021 officially cancelled
Annual show in Piltown affected by uncertainty of Covid pandemic
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Pre-Covid: 2017 Maid Of Glanbia - Gary Hurley, owner, Siobhan Talbot, CEO Glanbia, Joe Malone, President Iverk Show and Pat Murphy, Director Glanbia. Photo: William Maher WMCM Photography. );
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The sad, but inevitable decision to cancel this year s Iverk Show has been announced by the organising committee this morning.
For the second year in a row, the hugely popular annual show, held in Piltown, has been affected by the ongoing Covid pandemic.
In a statement from the organisers, today, they say they are bitterly disappointed to have to cancel the show but the health and safety of all show-goers must be considered.
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Senan Green, Clonfad, Ballinasloe, Co Roscommon, showing his Galway ewe lamb at Tullamore Show in 2019. \ Donal O Leary
In a blow to many rural communities and showing enthusiasts, the Irish Shows Association (ISA) has recommended that agricultural shows should not go ahead this year in light of COVID-19.
The association said it had waited for as long as possible before taking the decision, but that the guidance it had sought had not been forthcoming from the relevant authorities.
“Our advice for shows is not run until public advice allows and, currently, it’s looking as if restrictions aren’t going to ease in time for this year’s shows,” ISA public relations officer Catherine Cotter told the
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