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School: Corracharra (roll number 16407)

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Corracharra, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Brian Mac Aodha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0940, Page 060

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  1. Local Fairs (continued)

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    at the rock of Muff. To this fair up till quite recently fiddlers, and other musicians gathered, and the dancing, drinking, and hilarity went on often for two days.
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  2. Local Fairs - The Fighting Fair of Shercock

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    In the year 1825, a fight arose at the fair of Shercock between the Catholics and the Protestants. It started in a public house owned by a man called Wimp. The catholics were beating the protestant crowd out of the town when the word went out to the Yoemen of what was taking place. They rode to the town and opened fire on the catholics, and according to tradition many catholics were left dead and dying on the site of the present Protestant church and graveyard. This was afterwards afterwards called by the catholics of the district "the murdering fair", and by the protestants it was called "the fighting fair."
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. people
        1. factions (~230)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peig Ní Loingsigh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lisnadarragh, Co. Monaghan