1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Croisín (Crusheen) (B. & C.)

School: Croisín (Crusheen) (B. & C.)

Location:
Crusheen, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Tomás Mac Bruaideadha
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0593B, Page 20_019

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0593B, Page 20_019

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Croisín (Crusheen) (B. & C.)
  2. XML Page 20_019
  3. XML “The Feasts of the Year”
  4. XML “Fairs”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  2. Fairs

    Share Share Post
    Fairs 5-4- '38.
    About a centery ago there youst to be fairs held in Crusheen and the fair green was about a quarter of a mile from the village in a place called "brodac" and the fair was abolished because of two parties caled the Moroneys and Walshes Clans used to meet every year at the fair and very often men were killed at those fights.Dancing ,running Jumping and weight trowing used to be held there.When the buyer is paying for the stock he has bought the seller usually returns a small portion of the price he recieves this is called a luck penny.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pádraig de Barra
    Gender
    Male