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‘It is an occasion full of ambiguity: a group of strawboys moving down the street, faces, identities hidden behind high conical headgear, can convey a sense of menace, of vague terror even; and this is not to say that they are not also just neighbours dressed up for the day, for the entertainment, for the crack’
Steve MacDonogh ( 1949-2010) was a resident of Dingle, and tHE founder of a number of publishing companies, including Brandon Press.
This is an illustrated account of the Wrenboy folk custom in the Kerry town, on St Stephen's Day, where processions haed through the town in costime , playing music