School: Gallach (roll number 16464)
- Location:
- Gallagh, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhaoiléidigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0078, Page 129
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- I was told this story by my teacher. She heard it from her father. There is a fair held in Mt. Talbot every year on November 1st. That "place" is about one mile below Ballygar. the river Suck runs through it and it separates Co. Galway from Co. Roscommon. And no one went to that fair without bringing a blackthorn stick with them and there was always a faction fight held on that day between the Co. Galway men and the Co. Roscommon men. It was very common about 50 years ago. But it has all died out now.
- Collector
- Annie Raftery
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lehanagh, Co. Galway
