School: Belvoir, Kilkishen
- Location:
- Belvoir, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Chadhla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0586, Page 134
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“My address is Aonach and there is a reason why it is called that there was a fair held there long ago, but is not held there now.”
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day, Cattle ,sheep and pigs were sold there .It was an annual fair and it was a great match making fair, because it was held during Shrove several faction fights were carried on there .
There was a Scarriff man married to a girl i Kilkishen. This happened because that man came to the fair and the match was made there.
At this fair there was no toll gathering but the landlords of the place removed the fair and it was then held in an acre of land.opposite my house.It did no good when it was changed.
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