School: Cill na Naomh
- Location:
- Kilnaneave, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Flannagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0537, Page 163
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- The local Fairs are held in Nenagh on the first Monday of every month. Buyers come there from all parts of Ireland. Buyers go about to the farmers houses when cattle dear (???) especially buying dairy cows. The fair of Nenagh is held on the streets. Toll is paid on cattle going to the railway which is usually sixpence each. When the animals are sold luck money is given which is about two or three shillings a head. When the bargain is made the two parties show their agreement by striking hands. The animals are marked with a raddle mud or a scissors mark on the side when sold. The halter is given away with a horse. The largest fairs that are held in Nenagh are on the first of November and first of April. There is a Fair held in the Silvermines on May Day. It is a very old Fair now. Lord Dunalley gets the toll of it.
- Collector
- Mattais De Burca
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clonmore, Co. Tipperary
