School: Ceannanus Mór, Scoil na mBráthar
- Location:
- Kells, Co. Meath
- Teacher: An Br. M.L. Ó Séaghdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0703, Page 253
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- The Fair-Green is situated on the top of Carrick Street. There is a fair held in it on the second Friday of every month. There was a charge of twopence a head for cows a penny a head for sheep and one half-penny to enter the fair-Green. This was called Tolls, and the money collected went to the up-keep of the town rates. This toll is still paid at several fairs in the west and South of Ireland. The Kells Fair-Green is considered to be one fo the best in Ireland. It is enclosed on three side by a well-built wall, and on the fourt side can be seen rows of neat cottages, some of which were recently built. It has never estimated how many cattle the Fair-Green could accommodate, but I would say it would hold several hundred.
- Collector
- Thomas Olohan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Farrell Street, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mrs Olohan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 49
