School: Dún Bhéacháin (Dunbeacon) (roll number 15552)
- Location:
- Dunbeacon, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Foghlú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0290, Page 067
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- (continued from previous page)Limrick and other parts of Ireland to the monthly cattle fairs. Sometimes they come to this district before fairs and buy cattle, but the people say that when this occurs it is a sure sign of an increase in demand.
- During the time of the Black and Tans, fairs were not permitted in the local towns. The people held a fair each month at the foot of Mount Gabriel in a valley near the Gap. The fair usually lasted two days, and cows, calves, pigs and horses were bought there. The cattle were then taken in carts to Durrus and from here they were taken to Cork. Fairs are now held on streets but they are never held on the country.
