“WILL shows come back again?” That’s the question on anxious exhibitors and committee members minds after the pandemic shut down many of the showing calendar fixtures. They have, although often in new forms, such as a stream of new ‘pop up’ shows, like the successful Glandoran fixtures.

The Irish Pony Society show at Barnadown added horse classes and the Irish Shows Association ran off some of its All Ireland finals at Charleville the following day.