Poster advertising John Duffy & Sons Circus in Dunmanway, County Cork

Poster advertising John Duffy & Sons Circus in Dunmanway, County Cork

Fodhla Printing Company Ltd.

1940

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This poster advertises John Duffy & Sons Circus coming to Dunmanway. It lists acts like Gentleman Jack and Ben Hur. The print shop Fodhla made it around 1940. The flyer names Clem Merk, a lion trainer with forest-bred lions. It also lists Cilla's Dogs and says the circus wintered in Dunmanway later. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum next.

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