Farming

With restrictions significantly eased, agricultural shows like Corrandulla and the National Ploughing Championships (above) will look to return to normal business in 2022.

Popular local agricultural show may return in June

Corrandulla Committee to meet on February 10

Farming

Mark Walsh

Published: Wed 2 Feb 2022, 9:28 AM

Last updated: Fri 11 Feb 2022, 2:07 PM

THE Corrandulla Show is one of the biggest agricultural shows in the West of Ireland, and its organisers are cautiously optimistic it will be back in 2022.

The show is held on over 40 acres of land in Corrandulla village on the fourth Sunday of June and attracts a crowd of anywhere between 5,000 and 10,000 people. The 40th anniversary of the show was celebrated in 2017 and, like so many events of its kind, it has not been run since 2019.

Lucile Smyth is the Chairwoman of the Corrandulla Show Committee and one of a core group of people involved in organising the event.

An open meeting is to take place on Thursday, February 10, in the Pastoral Centre in Corrandulla to determine if there is an appetite to get the show back up and running this summer ...

For the rest of this story, and much more, check out today's The Tuam Herald.