School: Davidstown (roll number 9682)
- Location:
- Davidstown, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Marion G. Brennan
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- XML “Fair at Moneyhore”
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- Collector
- Eilís Leacy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Ballyeland, Co. Wexford
- Pat Hennessy (22) Davidstown told him by his father Michael Hennessey (50) Davidstown - told him by Nicholas Keating Ballinavarrey died 1918 aged 100.
Faction fighting & Matchmaking took place at the fair of Moneyhore. Faction fights were between the people of one district & those of another between one parish & another & those of one barony and another. Fights were furious & often fatal.
Champion faction fighters of this locality were:- Paddy Kearns, a faggot cutter and William Staunton - ex Crimean veteran, Boolabawn. The latter's niece Mrs Mary Breen, Boolabawn now resides in his house. Armed with blackthorn sticks they used to challenge two of the best men from the Duffrey, who boasted that "a Duffry man would eat more bread and drink more beer than ten from Bantry or Shelmalier". In every fight of the 2nd & 3rd decades of the 19th century, these men were the victors.