Comments on: Goat’s crowning as king of Ireland in doubt http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/07/goats-crowning-king-ireland-doubt/ The official Derren Brown Blog Mon, 07 May 2012 09:24:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Maz http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/07/goats-crowning-king-ireland-doubt/#comment-61791 Maz Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:10:06 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=4005#comment-61791 From somebody who lives close to Killorglin I can vouch that Puck Fair is just another excuse for a piss-up. Search all over Ireland and you will find that they are a regular occurance. Almost every town or village has some sort of a 'festival' that generally consists of excessive drinking amoungst people of twelve years and older set in a backdrop of rain, mud and of course some sort of a 'lovely girls contest'. Its what makes Ireland Ireland. As for Puck, my personal highlight is the horse fair where one can purchase anything from a piebald mare to a flat screen TV. While the rest of Europe is wallowing in economic turmoil, you can always rely on the Irish to get locked and forget about life's troubles..mighty craic! Long live King Puck! From somebody who lives close to Killorglin I can vouch that Puck Fair is just another excuse for a piss-up. Search all over Ireland and you will find that they are a regular occurance. Almost every town or village has some sort of a ‘festival’ that generally consists of excessive drinking amoungst people of twelve years and older set in a backdrop of rain, mud and of course some sort of a ‘lovely girls contest’. Its what makes Ireland Ireland. As for Puck, my personal highlight is the horse fair where one can purchase anything from a piebald mare to a flat screen TV. While the rest of Europe is wallowing in economic turmoil, you can always rely on the Irish to get locked and forget about life’s troubles..mighty craic! Long live King Puck!

]]> By: Jg http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/07/goats-crowning-king-ireland-doubt/#comment-17791 Jg Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:52:03 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=4005#comment-17791 They also choose a young girl from the town as the Queen of the Puck and have a ceremony that smacks of marriage, to the goat. I was dating an ex goat bride on the two occasions I visited. Lucky me. The goat also spends the festival imprisoned on top of a tower built in the town square. Fun times They also choose a young girl from the town as the Queen of the Puck and have a ceremony that smacks of marriage, to the goat.

I was dating an ex goat bride on the two occasions I visited. Lucky me.
The goat also spends the festival imprisoned on top of a tower built in the town square.

Fun times

]]> By: tireddude http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/07/goats-crowning-king-ireland-doubt/#comment-16117 tireddude Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:02:06 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=4005#comment-16117 I'll let them have my mother in law as long as they want I’ll let them have my mother in law as long as they want

]]> By: Nopke http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/07/goats-crowning-king-ireland-doubt/#comment-15998 Nopke Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:16:31 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=4005#comment-15998 Poor goat ... CATCH a wild goat for this purpose?! That's cruel and stupid. Poor goat … CATCH a wild goat for this purpose?! That’s cruel and stupid.

]]> By: John Huntington http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/07/goats-crowning-king-ireland-doubt/#comment-15989 John Huntington Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:00:12 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=4005#comment-15989 Hey, I just saw the real life version of this scene in Ireland a couple weeks ago! Photo about 1/2 way down the page here: http://www.controlgeek.net/blog/2009/7/26/holiday-trip-report-part-v-cashel-to-clifden.html Hey, I just saw the real life version of this scene in Ireland a couple weeks ago! Photo about 1/2 way down the page here:
http://www.controlgeek.net/blog/2009/7/26/holiday-trip-report-part-v-cashel-to-clifden.html

]]> By: ScreamingGreenConure http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/07/goats-crowning-king-ireland-doubt/#comment-15963 ScreamingGreenConure Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:40:43 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=4005#comment-15963 Ha. The article fails to mention what happens once the period of kingship is up. Temporary periods of kingship during festival times usually end badly. Ha. The article fails to mention what happens once the period of kingship is up. Temporary periods of kingship during festival times usually end badly.

]]> By: roz http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/07/goats-crowning-king-ireland-doubt/#comment-15960 roz Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:21:45 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=4005#comment-15960 prolly something to do with Lughnasa...i unnerstand a sympathetic american has just formed a group called Goats Without Borders in response to this outrage... prolly something to do with Lughnasa…i unnerstand a sympathetic american has just formed a group called Goats Without Borders in response to this outrage…

]]> By: ReliegiousMarie http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/07/goats-crowning-king-ireland-doubt/#comment-15956 ReliegiousMarie Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:54:18 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=4005#comment-15956 Haa...i didn´t know that there was a festival like that...but sounds really interesting when it comes to tracing it´s probable origins :-D Haa…i didn´t know that there was a festival like that…but sounds really interesting when it comes to tracing it´s probable origins :-D

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