School: Cadamstown, Kinnitty

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   “There are many local fairs and the most important are Birr, Tullamore, Kilcormack and Kinnity.”

   

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   Ballyboy, in Killeen and in Killeigh but they are now discontinued. The fairs are held in a fair green in most towns. There is a toll to be paid if you stand in the green about threepence per head. When cattle are sold money is given this is called luck money. About half a crown is given for a cow, a shilling for store cattle, and sixpence for a sheep. When an animal is sold it is marked many ways. Some have a long marking stick called a raddle, others put mud on the flank and others still cut the quarter with a scissors. When a horse is sold the halter is given away.

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   “The Local Landlord of this district was the Rev Seville Malone.”

   

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   The local landlord of this district was the Rev Seville Malone. He lived in England and he had a man called Astor working for him in Ireland. He was looked upon as a very good landlord and he never overtaxed the people. All the people were evicted after the Leix-Offaly plantation and the land was

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