You can still buy a Confederate flag at the Keady Market

The Keady Market grew up around Kuhl’s Livestock Auctions in Keady. The Kuhl’s have a cattle auction every Tuesday, so what could be more logical than having a farmer’s market in the field behind the auction arena?

Initially that meant a few locals fobbing off the surplus from their kitchen gardens. But it’s grown like topsy! They got everything now.

Want a new watch? You can find an authentic-looking counterfeit of a famous Swiss brand for twenty bucks. Ditto for designer sunglasses.

How about a crossbow? Cherry-flavoured popcorn? Cannabis-oil balm to rub on your aching feet?…

Or maybe you’ve had your eye on a Dixie flag to hang  in your rec-room? No problem! Found two vendors happy to oblige, one of them being a native woman. They’re getting hard to find since the forces of political correctitude rendered them a symbol of white supremacy. Around here they’re just a symbol of Dukes of Hazzard and Lynyrd Skynryd.

It’s still a livestock auction at heart. You can buy a single cattle-beast or a whole herd of heifers. In the main sales arena guys with manure on their boots spend hundreds of thousands replenishing their inventory.

The Keady Market has become something of a regional tourist draw. Me and the Farm Manager try to visit at least once a year. The FM found the perfect belt holster for her iPhone today. The crowd is a very diverse bag, from farmers to locals to day-trippers from the city. I saw at least three different clans of Amish women in attendance; black, white, and blue-bonnets, each of which fervently believe that their bonnet style is most pleasing to the Lord.

There’s also lots of aging hippie-types, grey-beard bikers, and tattooed hotties in too-short denim cut-offs and cowboy boots. It would be my kinda place if you could score a cold beer somewhere on the premises.

All in all, well worth the visit, but be forewarned; only a few of the vendors have interac, and the onsite cash dispenser wasn’t dispensing cash today. Best to top off your wallet before you go.