School: Glasleck
- Location:
- Glasleck, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: O. Sharpe
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“Mr Mc Cabe 25th July 1878 drowned at Lock Silla wih 16 pupils.”
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“The fighting fairs of Shercock, Cortehill & Ballybay all took place in he one year (1814)”
The fighting fairs of Sherock, Cootehll and Ballybay all took place in the one year (1814). A man dressed as a woman got into a house where Protestants were taking refuge and was discovered trying to put a live coal into a keg of whiskey to fume the place. He was riddled with bullets. This event took place in Shercock during the fight. - Fair of Castletown There was a fair at Castletown in Coroneary townland and which was discontinued because there was a row in which a man was killed. The late Joe Sharpe (Drumcondra) heard his tale from the Cleary say that he remembered the Fair of Castletown