School: Piltown (B.) (roll number 6189)
- Location:
- Piltown, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Peadar Ó Maolchaoin
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- (continued from previous page)angry and went against the head. Another meeting was held on the following Sunday. Everyone one was allowed to attend this meeting except the girls and boys. The meeting lasted a long time. Some people said it would not be right to carry on the fair any more. Other people said it would not matter whether it was stopped or kept on. Then the head men said they would have a vote. The people who said not to carry on the fair won the vote. The fair was not held since.
- Collector
- Cecil Roche
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Piltown, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Simon Tobin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 78
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Tibberaghny, Co. Kilkenny