- Across 253.5 meters of sand, gravel, and grass?
- Through water a meter deep?
- Does your wife weigh at least 49 kilos?
- Are you and your wife 18 years or older?
If you answered yes to all of these questions, Congratulations! You can enter the National Wife Carrying Championship held in Sneem, Co. Kerry, next weekend. Couldn’t believe my eyes as I saw signs for this competition as I drove through the small village yesterday. Very unique!
This is the same town where I passed a vintage looking petrol station where the attendant was drinking a pint of Guinness. Looked like it was right out of a post card.