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Before the cattle marts took over the selling of livestock and farm produce, that important aspect  of farming took place on fair days. The main street or the square of the town would become a heaving mass of people, animals, carts and stalls. The marts offered a point for disease control, and traceability that eventually became the norm. But before that, to pass through a town on a fair day was to witness  rural Ireland in full flow. Fairs were busy, messy, and lively occasions, and  very much looked forward to by both the shop keeping  and farming communities. There was a May Fair, an August Fair and another around December 8. Not only were animals bought and sold, but friends met, couples exchanged glances; clothes and boots were bought, and glasses of porter sealed a deal.

The finest amateur drama talent in the country will head to Claregalway from tonight (Thursday) March 11 when the Claregalway Drama Festival gets under way at the local leisure centre.

The anger and violence that erupted against the Protestant Irish Church Missions and their schools and orphanages in western Connemara towards the end of the 19th century, makes for harrowing reading today.

Last week saw the passing of one of the city’s oldest residents. From more than 100 years of life the world she was born into and the world she left were very different. At the great age of 101 Eileen Carr passed away. She enjoyed good health up to recent weeks, with poor hearing as her major complaint. She found the resulting social isolation rather frustrating yet she missed very little.