Scoil: Taghmon (uimhir rolla 1762)

Ar an leathanach seo

1. (gan teideal)

   “From the earliest days in this county people who had live stock or goods to dispose of usually met at some appointed place...”

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   From the earliest days in this country people who had live stock or goods to dispose of usually met at some appointed place to offer their goods for sale. Un such occasions the bargaining was often accompanied by amusement and more often than not, until recent years ended up by a faction fight.

   These meetings came to be known as Fairs, but the fair of to-day bears little resemblance to those of a century ago when one compares the variety of goods then on offer to what we see now. In the olden days the products of various craftsmen such as weavers, coopers, nailers, basket-makers, together with farm produce, cheese, butter, and eggs had their places on the fair.

   Fairs were not necessarily

   (leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)

   

   Tras-scríofa ag duine dár meitheal tras-scríbhneoirí deonacha.

   Stair Athraigh

   Teanga

   Béarla

   Bailitheoir

   J. Cullen

   Inscne

   Fireann

   Seoladh

   Caisleán an Bhrúnaigh, Co. Loch Garman