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Cahirmee Horse FairCahirmee Horse Fair is held on 12 July every year in the town of Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland. Additional recommended knowledgeThe ancient horse fair was originally held at the Fair Field of Charimee, some two miles to the East of the town. In 1921 it was transferred into the town and is still held on 12 July every year. M. P. Linehan in My Heart Remembers How[1] notes the following: Cahirmee fair has a history, but I fear it is history that has never been written, or written so long ago that it has been lost. I have told already how the fair green straddles a hill under which Boherbwee, 'the yellow road' of Manaan MacLir's cows, passes; how it looks across to the bloody battlefield of Cnocanaar; how it is crowned with a mighty lios which is credited with being the burial ground of the Fianna. It was part of the ancient parish of Cahirduggan in the still more ancient Barony of Fermuighe.
Ironically, the Duke of Wellington's horse at the Battle of Waterloo, an Irish black named Copenhagen, was also purchased at Cahirmee.[2] The tradition of equine excellence continues in the person of Vincent O'Brien olim of Clashganiv, Churchtown, but now of Cashel fame. References3. Denis A. Cronin, Irish Fairs and Markets: Studies in Local History,Four Courts Press, Dublin 2001. |
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