Irish town has “all in good fun” contest to crown the best street harasser

The Irish town of Irvinestown held a contest on Wednesday to decide who would win the championship of best “wolf whistler“:

On Wednesday Irvinestown played host to Ireland’s first ever wolf-whistling championships, complete with scaffolding, hard hats, and plenty of women.
The men of the town were more than eager to show their appreciation of the fairer sex, eagerly donning hard hats and lining up along the pavement to demonstrate their whistling skills.
“We’re all here for the good-looking women,” joked Jimmy McKenna. “It just comes naturally.”
“I’m 73,” said Conal O’Hanlon, “and I’m still whistling away, still on the lookout.”
Julian South came all the way from Staffordshire to whistle. “I heard the women were worth whistling at,” he explained.

Interestingly, the contest was taken place at the town’s annual Lady of the Lake Festival, where the community and their children come to enjoy each other. The Lady of the Lake is a mythical character who is supposed to be a good omen for the town. I wonder how she’d feel about being whistled at.