The best beard wins at Watertown's Irish Festival

WRVO

Published March 17, 2016 at 4:28 AM EDT

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It was Robert Mevec's first time winning an award for his beard. He says he hopes to move onto competing in the World Beard Championships in 2017.

Watertown celebrated St. Patrick’s Day a little early this year with a beard contest at their annual Irish Festival last weekend. But he competition begins before that. On January 1, men come to Watertown for a clean shave. They have until the Irish festival in mid-March to grow the fullest, longest beard they can. WRVO's Julia Botero went to the Donegal Beard Competition in Watertown to see the winner.