LONGFORD Show’s Bernie Whyte must have fulfilled one important pre-show ritual this year by having a Child of Prague statue out to ward off bad weather. Superstition or not, last Sunday stayed dry, despite some ominous thunderclouds overhead and the warm day brought out the Longford crowds in droves.

This was the second year for the show to be hosted on Cllr Gerry Hagan’s land in Enybegs and the relocated horse rings worked well. Another Longford change is their new general secretary, Ruth McNally, while the equally efficient Bernie, assisted on the day by daughter Alice, has the task of being equine secretary.