Borris Fair

dev110

Is anyone planning on heading down to this at the weekend?

http://www.nationalcountryfair.ie/

Ape Owners

Yeah,planning to head down on saturday,enjoyed it last year apart from the rain.I have 6 ferret kits here ,3jills and 3 hobs (8 weeks old tomorrow). Well handled and free to any forum members interested and whos travelling down.parents great little bolters and used for falconry purposes.Will post up few pics on the ferret kit thread..

dodderangler

Glad to hear they pulled through Sean.
I've only the one left so I will take one off you if you are about this weekend.
My lad outside is quite lonely. Poor ba5tard

blackwater doc

Yep going myself thought it was very good last year especially well laid out

TriggerPL

Lads check out the retrievers working test while your there is was well layer out in heavy kahle last year

garv123

"Irelands biggest" is this bigger than birr?

TriggerPL

garv123 wrote: »

"Irelands biggest" is this bigger than birr?

I know moira is and it the same company so !

Johnny max

I.ll be there only living 5mls away :D

dev110

I might head down so and have a look around. Is there a better day of the two to go?

Johnny max

a lot of stalls were selling off stuff on the sunday if your in the market for sum gear

LB6

Will be there too...... Harbour House stand will have their air-rifles going again this year, for anybody who wishes to pop over to see us and introduce yerselves.

LB6

mixerbarcoe

will be there meself only 2 mins down the road..

brianfrancis45

Am also heading to Borris on Saturday morning to catch the Springer tests. Have never been to this particular fair before - is it as big as the fair in Birr ?

wirehairmax

Anybody there today? Might head up in the morning for a while. Is it worth a 20 minute drive?

Johnny max

Was there today
Not worth €15 though 10 was enough. There is a good aray of stuff

LIFFY FISHING

Was there today, good fun, lots to see.
IMHO much better in quality than Birr, as Birr is full of the same thing stand after stand and even at that its not great, giving Birr a miss this year, in the hope it wakes up for next year.

homerhop

Was there all day and tomorrow too, didn't get much time to go have a look.

Cass

Not long home after deciding last minute to go.

The €15 entry fee was a little steep, but not surprising. Have been to a good few of these and the entry fee is always steep.

After saying that i was pleasantly surprised. I attended the Birr one and one in Antrim and they have been getting worse and worse to the point i haven't bothered with them the last 2 years.

The fair was not as big as Birr, but definitely better use of the stands. 4-5 gun stands, plenty of choce for food, clothing, fishing, dogs, stuff for the kids, etc. A very nicely balanced lay out. The food was a little expensive, but edible. (Keep an eye out for the sweet stand )

There was a nice few Scottish and English stands. The prices were very keen. Met two Irish dealers that were there for the day, and they said they could not compete with some of the prices. Brand new pigeon magnet, decoys, and battery for €100. Brand new Muck boots for €100 and under. Hunter for €100 and under. Seats, decoys, netting, hides, clothing (all known brands), etc. all at good prices.

Spent more than i ever planned, but had an enjoyable day. Met some familiar faces, and other than a heavy shower or two it was a good day out. a nice change from the hyped up fairs that are turning into field trials only, with food stands. Don't get me wrong i'm sure most people enjoy trials, etc. but when a fair is more centred/focused on that and stands for shooting/fieldsports are few and far between. Well in my book it's not a fair.


Anyway if you are looking to pas a couple of hours it's worth a trip.

Ape Owners

There today,massive improvement from last years one.Was at shanes castle in antrim few weeks back and borris was way better.kids had a ball,plenty of stalls with mixed varieties of goods for sale,adrian the falconry guy was very good entertainer the way he lets the public be involved,young lad loved the pellet gun place,young one came home with enough teddies to open her own shop.lol..The planes WOW..All in all a great day out.Cant wait til next year as certainly will make the trip again..Next stop is birr for me.

Cass

Ape Owners wrote: »

The planes WOW...

Forgot all about them. Was watching for ages then realised i should tape some of it. Only got a few minutes of it, but it was a good display. At one point i thought they were going to collide.

snipe02

Headin in the morn gods to hear a good review thanks lads

dev110

After hearing the good stories about today I might head down tomorrow. Things didn't go to plan today so didn't get to make it down.

snipe02

dev110 wrote: »

After hearing the good stories about today I might head down tomorrow. Things didn't go to plan today so didn't get to make it down.

will ya bring the pup would mind a gander and a chat

homerhop

Had a couple of kids on the pellet guns today and the future is looking bright if they keep an interest in shooting

dev110

snipe02 wrote: »

will ya bring the pup would mind a gander and a chat

I won't be bringing the pup as its over 2 hours of a trip for me and he isn't car trained yet :eek:
I'll PM ya my number and if I'm down I'll give ya a text.

Ape Owners

Cass wrote: »

Forgot all about them. Was watching for ages then realised i should tape some of it. Only got a few minutes of it, but it was a good display. At one point i thought they were going to collide.

same here,thank god we were on terra firma.just was unexpected to see but fair play to organisers for it.

LB6

1?
2. Casper
3. Confused rabbit!

dodderangler

1. Could be a cross of saker and peregrine or a juvenile peregrine
Open to be corrected.

jellybaby21

jellybaby21

The plains that put on a bit of a show