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9th September 2019
11:22am BST

The premise of the race is for a man (or woman) and turnip to both cross the finish line. Contestants must throw their turnips on the ground and follow their own one to the end, picking up a different turnip is grounds for disqualification. Straightforward enough, though I highly doubt it’s as easy as it sounds.A turnip race in Ballydehob made the front page of the Wall Street Journal today. pic.twitter.com/1jX3OFFrwr
— Catherine Sanz (@sanzscript) September 3, 2019
Running for a whole week in August, the popular summer festival includes charades competitions, crab fishing, historic walks and live music amongst other things. Needless to say, the Turnip Races are a definite highlight for locals and visitors alike. The unique event grabbed the attention of the American newspaper’s travel reporter, and with a daily circulation of 2.6million, that’s an impressive pool of potential new entrants. I hope there are enough turnips to go around. Disclaimer: no turnips were harmed in the running of this event…I hope the same can be said for participants. Why not have a quick pre-meal race of your own next time cabbage and turnip is on the cards for dinner? READ NEXT: There’s A Children’s Arts Festival Coming To Galway In OctoberThere is. https://t.co/0tyWfWpeEu
— Ballydehob (@ballydehobcc) September 4, 2019