BEFORE the demise of its fortnight-long fair in the 1850s, cattle were a common sight in Donnybrook. Flash forward to last November when the Rothwell family’s Roy stole The Late Late Show in the RTE grounds.

The placid Charolais bullock appeared with Carnew Livestock Mart manager David Quinn to promote the Livestock Live (LSL) Live Auctions, one of the online sales platform that has proved such a lifesaver for Irish marts during the pandemic.