School: Owning Convent (roll number 16430)
- Location:
- Owning, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Sr. M. Bernadette
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- Waterford, Clonmel, Carrick, Callan, Harvey and Fiddown fairs are held. While they are more often held in towns in recent times, long ago at cross roads in the country and at farmers' houses, business of this nature was transacted. Country-places that were once the scenes of fairs, are no long such. The towns with their various modes of transport, which country-places have not, offer more convenience. It is likewise there that great crowds will the more readily essemble. These towns have special places where the fairs are held.
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