School: Drumandoora N.S. (roll number 12123)

Location:
Drumandoora, Co. Clare
Teachers:
Liam Mac Aodhaire Liam Airley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0592F, Page 11_007

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  1. There is a fair usually held in Gort every month ,and very often in olden times fights took place at these fairs.
    The argument usually arose between two parties, over the price of cattle. It often led to a faction fight in which the backers of both parties engaged.
    These faction fights were most common when the split took place between the Mc Carthy-ites and the Parnellitis.
    In the olden times the people used to be very careful that the cattle would not have a bad leg
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people
        1. factions (~230)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Chriss Brody
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killanena, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mr Michael Brody
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killanena, Co. Clare