The Glencolmcille Agricultural Show 2016 takes place this year on Sunday July 31st.
The show committee are delighted to announce that for the second year running BYRNES FOODSTORES of Glen, Carrick, and Kilcar, as the main sponsor for this years show.
The committee are very grateful to have Byrnes Foodstores as our main sponsor again this year.
“Michael, Seamus and Adrian run an excellent business and have expanded in the last couple of years opening new shops in Carrick and Kilcar creating much needed jobs for this area,” said Micheal O Gara, Show chairman.
Following the success of recent years since the show was revived, the committee are confident that this years show will be bigger and better than before.
“We are indebted to the sponsors and the people who continue to put in entries and help out in the preparations and organising of the show,” said a spokesman.
The show will be run on a Sunday this year and will come under the banner of The Irish Shows Association and this will mean that cattle and sheep winners will be entered into the All Ireland Championships.
We are excited to announce a new feature in this years show will be a dog show, with a perpetual cup for best overall dog.
We are looking forward to a bumper crowd this year, with a lot of visitors expected home for the holidays.
The show will be an event for all the family and there will be a Show Dance and Show Queen selection that night with music from The Cufflinks band, followed by a disco.
There will be perpetual cups for all sections in the marquee and also cups in the cattle and sheep sections, We will have a section for horses and ponies this year also.
Anyone who would like an entry form can contact the show secretary Dorothy McGinley on 087 340 9731. or follow us on Facebook on Glencolmcille Show or email glen.show@hotmail.com.
We are currently getting advertising ready for the show book, a full page ad is €50, and a half page is €30, This is a great opportunity for anybody who wants to have a stall for the day, anyone wishing to enter a stall or sponsorship can contact us at the above numbers also.
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