An Poc Ar Buile 

Each year in Killorglin, Co. Kerry (in the month of Lunasa) August 10th, a Puck Fair is held. The Puck, a wild mountain goat, with decorated horns, is paraded through the streets with rapturous applause and cheering. On arrival at the town square he is crowned and then ceremoniously raised on a scaffold platform some twenty five feet high. The Puck resides here for the next three days and nights looking down on his subjects. The well-known song An Poc ar buile, 'The Mad Puck Goat', is associated with the festival which dates from the seventeenth century.At that time, a herd of goats was grazing on a high peak, when the noisy throng of Cromwell’s army shattered their peace. Alarmed and frightened, the goats scattered and ran into the hills - all of them that is except for one brave male who ran down the mountain and into Killorglin. The local people on seeing the goat sensed something was wrong and took cover. The people of Killorglin survived and have commemorated the event by holding the fair ever since. ,,here's the song in english,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
As I set out with me pike in hand
To Dromore town to join a meithil (work gang), *
Who should I meet but a tan puck goat
And he's roaring mad in ferocious mettle.
Chorus
Aill-il-lu puill-il-iu - Aill-il-lu it's the mad puck goat.
Aill-il-lu puill-il-iu - Aill-il-lu it's the mad puck goat.
He chased me over bush and weed
And thru the bog the running proceeded,
'Til he caught his horns in a clump of gorse
And on his back I jumped unheeded.
Chorus
He did not leave a rock that had a passage through
Which he did not run with force to destroy me
And then he gave the greatest leap
To the big slope of Faille Bríce...
Chorus
When the sergeant stood in Rochestown
With a force of guards to apprehend us
The goat he tore his trousers down ***
And made rags of his breeches and new suspenders
Chorus
In Dingle Town the next afternoon
The parish priest addressed the meeting
And swore it was The Devil himself
He'd seen ridin' on the poc ar buile
Chorus