School: Rathdowney (B.) (roll number 15595)
- Location:
- Rathdowney, Co. Laois
- Teacher: P. Ó Héigceartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0828, Page 038
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- There is a fair held in The Square of Rathdowney every third Tuesday of the month. There are 11 fairs held in Rathdowney and one in Donaghmore on the 12th June. We have a good quality of cattle and the shippers like them well. When people buy cattle and when they are taking them to the station they would have to pay tolls. When the buyers are paying for their cattle it is a customary thing to give a luck penny which is usually about 2/d. The cattle are usually marked with a sissors or with raddle. Long ago November Day was the biggest fair because it was on a Holy Day but now the spring fairs are the best. The fairs long ago were more like Feises and the began swopping things until they began selling and buying cattle as they are(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Kirwan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Donaghmore, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Pat Phelan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Donaghmore, Co. Laois
