In photos: farmers, fetlocks and fortune tellers at the Ballinasloe Horse Fair

Image: Pat P Rooney

Each Autumn, horse dealers in Ireland descend on Ballinasloe for a week the largest horse festival in the country.

There's buying, selling, there's fortune-telling and more. It's a huge event that takes over the entire town.

Flickr photographers Pat Rooney and Squinting Window have been down there soaking up the atmosphere and kindly gave us permission to share these images with you.

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Squinting Window 

Image: Pat P Rooney

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Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Squinting Window 

Image: Squinting Window 

Image: Squinting Window 

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Squinting Window 

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Squinting Window 

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Image: Pat P Rooney

Want to see even more? Visit the flickr photostreams of Pat Rooney and Squinting Window, who own these images. They are reproduced here with permission.