No high-rise perch for King Puck on Scattering Day

Goat will make final appearance at Puck Fair at short dethroning ceremony but will not be raised into the air
No high-rise perch for King Puck on Scattering Day

Leila Mulvihill, Queen of Puck Fair, crowns King Puck at Puck Fair, Killorglin, Co Kerry, on Thursday. 

This year’s King Puck will now not be elevated 50ft into the air for Saturday’s last day of ceremonies as had been planned, the organisers have confirmed.

In response to questions from the Irish Examiner, they have also confirmed that before being put in his cage for this year’s Puck Fair in the mid-Kerry town of Killorglin, the goat was introduced to human contact and “ambient sounds”.

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