School: Naomh Pádraig, Carrowmena (roll number 16787)

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1. The Local Roads (continued)

   

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   green in Lecamy and there were Mass paths leading to it.

   

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2. The Local Fairs

   

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   The Local Fairs. The local fairs are held in Moville, Carndonagh and Culdaff. They are always held in these towns. In former times buyers used to come to the farmer's houses to buy and they still do so occasionally. There used to be fairs held in Gleneely, Cashel and Greencastle, but theses have been discontinued for about ninety years because they occurred within the same week and were held only a week after the Carndonagh fair. Therefore few people attended them. The fair in Greencastle used to be held near a fort and the fair in Gleneely near a graveyard. The Moville fair for cattle is held in a special fair-place called The Cowpark. The horses, ponies

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trade
            1. buying and selling (~3,622)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Rose Breslin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Carrowblagh or Leckemy, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Patrick Mac Conway

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   83

   Address

   Carrowblagh or Leckemy, Co. Donegal