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Camp

An Com

Farmers’ recollections describe the trading customs and community effort behind Camp’s sheep fair.

Recorded locationCamp52.21624° N · 9.90890° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

comhollow, coomb

These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.

An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.

Recorded forms

  • An Com · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Camp · English · main form

Place & story

A fair remembered across generations

When reporter Tommy Moyles visited Camp's sheep fair in September 2017, seventy-four-year-old John Kennedy recalled attending throughout his life. He remembered a longer occasion than the one-day gathering: some trading took place on the preceding evening, followed by the fair on 18 September. His account preserves a participant's memory of the event's earlier rhythm. [2]

Folklore & tradition

Trading beside the road

Moyles observed sheep held in roadside pens at the crossroads, with buyers and sellers settling bargains by handshake. Passing traffic between Tralee and Dingle encountered the fair along the road. This was a working livestock market as well as a customary gathering, with movement paperwork and animal tags accompanying the older style of face-to-face dealing. [2]

People & connections

Keeping the gathering alive

Organiser Brigid O'Connor told Moyles that off-farm employment made attendance difficult for younger farmers. Some participants continued bringing sheep specifically to sustain the occasion. Organisers had widened the programme with a sheep show, fancy dress, a pet show and evening activities, drawing more people into an event whose survival depended on that local effort. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Kerry
Civil parish
Kilgobban
Coordinates
52.21624, -9.90890
Mapped area
0.91 km²
Logainm ID
24660 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Camp. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Tommy Moyles, striking a deal at the sheep fair in Camp, 25 September 2017 · Irish Farmers Journal
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-02-11. How this page was prepared.