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School: Lankill (roll number 16904)

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Lankill, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Cibhil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137F, Page 05_068

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  1. Fairs and Patterns in Murrisk

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    About sixty years ago there was a sheep fair in Murrisk. There is a sheep fair still in it but not as it was sixty years ago. In those years there used to be hundreds upon hundreds of sheep at the fair. At the present time there are only about two hundred sheep at that fair or pattern. The sheep now is not as good a sheep as they used to be in those times. There was not as good a price as there is now. A few shilling's was the price of the best sheep at the fair that time. There are no races in Murrisk now as there used to be then. In those days
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Keane
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballinlough, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr Hugh Keane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinlough, Co. Mayo