The local fairs are held in Riverstown, Ballymote, Ballyfarnon, Boyle, Ballinafad, and Collooney.
Sometimes buyers contract business at the farmers houses. This is especially the case with pig buyers. When a man has pigs for sale he sometimes notifies the local buyer who comes to his house and looks at the pigs. If they are what he requires he buys them.
More than sixty years ago a fair was held at Castlebaldwin. This fair is now discontinued.
"Toll" or "custom" is paid on all the animals sold on the fair. The fairs are held in different places in the towns. There is usually a green set apart for the cattle
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