School: Killuran / Cill Úráin (roll number 14658)
- Location:
- Killuran, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Thomas Mc Inerney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0588C, Page 02_012
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- Fairs are very plentiful now. Long ago there were only a few fairs. The people would come into the fields and buy the cattle. There were no factories then and in the towns nearby the people would take the pigs and cattle to sell.
There are fairs every month now in Tulla and Scariff and twice a year in Broadford. Long ago there were big fairs in Broadford and now there is a small fair twice a year in it. There are factories now in all the cities. The people take the pigs to the factories and sell them. There is a fair-green in Broadford and every place that fairs are held. Long ago there were no fair-greens(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridget Tuohy
- Gender
- Female
