School: Séipéal na Carraige (roll number 5478)

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1. The Local Fairs (continued)

   

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   The big fairs in Newmarket are on the 8th of June and 21st of November. In Abbeyfeale, the 29th June and the 24th September are the principal fairs. There is a large horse fair in Newmarket on October 13th. The 11th June is the largest cattle fair in Kanturk.

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2. Clothes Made Locally

   

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   There is no tailor in this district for the past few years. The last tailor, who was here was - Patsy Murphy. He lived in a small, thatched house in Glounakeel. Three years ago he left this district and is since living in Meelin village. Forty-five years ago, there were two tailors living and working in this district. One was John McCarthy who lived in a mud cabin on the side of the road in Tooreenagrena, near John Buckley's gate, he was a lame man but a very good tailor. The second tailor was John Fitzgerald, who lived in Stagmount.
   A travelling tailor comes to the district every November. Tadgh Doody is his name. He is about sixty years of age and travels in a donkey car from place to place. He spends the winter in this district, a

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