School: Corracharra (roll number 16407)
- Location:
- Corracharra, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Brian Mac Aodha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0940, Page 060
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - In the year 1825, a fight arose at the fair of Shercock between the Catholics and the Protestants. It started in a public house owned by a man called Wimp. The catholics were beating the protestant crowd out of the town when the word went out to the Yoemen of what was taking place. They rode to the town and opened fire on the catholics, and according to tradition many catholics were left dead and dying on the site of the present Protestant church and graveyard. This was afterwards afterwards called by the catholics of the district "the murdering fair", and by the protestants it was called "the fighting fair."
