Tipperary community turns out for a special Halloween event

Although the weather didn’t cooperate large crowds turned up to take part in the Scare in Cahir.
Families with lots of children all dressed up came along to take part in the pumpkin carving contest, visit the animals at the reptile zoo and many children had their faces face painted at the Cahir Farmers Market.

Large crowds braved the elements to take a walk along the woodland trail where
they were met with strange sounds and screams, fog and flashing lights and were
given a scare by the many spooky characters along the way on the Sunday evening.

Even with screams and shouts from participants everyone was delighted with the
event and there were some exceptional costumes as usual. Lots of hot drinks and
tasty treats were enjoyed afterwards in the car park where lots of vendors were set
up.

The event was sold out almost from the day tickets went on sale and it’s great to see
the popularity of the event growing every year. The organisers Friends of Cahir
Playground Committee was supported by Cahir Development Association, Cahir Tidy
Towns, Tipperary County Council, South Tipp Development Company, Creative
Communities, Local Government Ireland, Creative Ireland, SICAP, and many local
businesses and organisations. With assistance from Transition Year students, local
volunteers and lighting & sound effects contractors, Cahir Community Gardai and
Red Cross. If anyone has been left out apologies! And well done to all involved in
any way.

See more pictures taken by Maria Taylor at the event in The Nationalist next week.