School: Ballyfeeny (roll number 9468)
- Location:
- Ballyfeeny, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Cáit, Bean Uí Mhurthuile
![The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0256, Page 009](https://doras.gaois.ie/cbes/CBES_0256%2FCBES_0256_009.jpg?width=1600&quality=85)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0256, Page 009
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Ballyfeeny
- XML Page 009
- XML “Folklore - Local Fairs”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- Fairs are held locally in Strokestown and they are generally held in the streets and the sheep are brought and sold in the fair green. Fairs are also held in Longford, Elphin and Roscommon and the farmers of this district often go to these fairs.
There is a cattle fair once every month and a pig fair once a month also.
When a farmer has a good deal of good cattle for sale a buyer often comes and buys them on the land.
The principal fairs held in Strokestown are the May, October and November fairs and taxes are paid at the May and November fairs. Anyone who buys cattle at these fairs has to pay four pence(continues on next page)- Collector
- Nellie Mullany
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tully, Co. Roscommon