A LESS risky enterprise than trading in stocks, the Cahirmee Horse Fair drew thousands of breeders, trainers and equine enthusiasts yesterday.
Believe the myth and legend or believe it not but the fair is said to have supplied Napoleon Bonaparte’s mount, Marengo in 1799, the Cahirmee Fair at Buttevant in north Cork is a 700 year old tradition.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0713/1224274590719.htmlButtevant has a long equine tradition; the ancient Cahirmee horse fair which was held at the Fair Field of Cahirmee, some two miles to the east of the town, was transferred into the town in 1921 and takes place in July every year.
Reputed to date back to the time of Brian Boru, such is the myth and legend surrounding the ancient fair that folklore has it that it was also the source of another mount for a well known rider, in the form of Copenhagen — the Duke of Wellington’s horse at the Battle of Waterloo.
