In photos: farmers, fetlocks and fortune tellers at the Ballinasloe Horse Fair

davemolloy
Story by davemolloy
Posted 2 days ago

Image: Pat P Rooney

Each Autumn, horse dealers in Ireland descend on Ballinasloe for a week the largest horse festival in the country.

There's buying, selling, there's fortune-telling and more. It's a huge event that takes over the entire town.

Flickr photographers Pat Rooney and Squinting Window have been down there soaking up the atmosphere and kindly gave us permission to share these images with you.



Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Squinting Window

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Squinting Window

Image: Squinting Window

Image: Squinting Window


Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney


Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Squinting Window

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Squinting Window


Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney


Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney


Want to see even more? Visit the flickr photostreams of Pat Rooney and Squinting Window, who own these images. They are reproduced here with permission.

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