Cloghereen fair and the Donoghue/Minehan feud.
Thomas Crofton Croker was a renowned writer about the Killarney area. His book Legends of the Lakes was published in 1829. It is full of O'Donoghue references.
The village of Cloghereen, now more commonly known as Muckross Village, held an annual fair.
From The Muckross Newsletter Issue 25
"On the occasion of his visit to Cloghereen fair, Croker described how the roadway thorugh the village was lined with tables or stands. On these the dealers had laid hteir goods for sale: dillisk (edible seaweed), fruit, frieze (universal material for men's clothing), flannel and crubeens (pigs' feet or trotters). On either side of the roadway the common ground was occupied by horses, cows and pigs, together with their buyers and sellers. The crowd in attendance at the fair included, 'groups of giggling girls with their riband-adorned caps and blue cloaks'. There were also 'whispering matrons with their shawled heads' and men 'with their frize (sic) loodies (large loose coats), corduroy breeches and well-seasoned sticks - sticks not destined long to remain inactive'. Sure enough, much to the excitement of the crowd, an altercation did break out between two individuals, a Minehan and a Donoghue. There were also many men present who had sworn not to drink spirits in Killarney for a set period of time. However, logically they considered it no harm to swallow, as long as they were able, tumbler after tumbler in the village of Cloghereen."
If you would like to know more about these sort of fights see my article in the October 2009 journal entitled 'Faction fighting in 19th century Ireland'
The village of Cloghereen, now more commonly known as Muckross Village, held an annual fair.
From The Muckross Newsletter Issue 25
"On the occasion of his visit to Cloghereen fair, Croker described how the roadway thorugh the village was lined with tables or stands. On these the dealers had laid hteir goods for sale: dillisk (edible seaweed), fruit, frieze (universal material for men's clothing), flannel and crubeens (pigs' feet or trotters). On either side of the roadway the common ground was occupied by horses, cows and pigs, together with their buyers and sellers. The crowd in attendance at the fair included, 'groups of giggling girls with their riband-adorned caps and blue cloaks'. There were also 'whispering matrons with their shawled heads' and men 'with their frize (sic) loodies (large loose coats), corduroy breeches and well-seasoned sticks - sticks not destined long to remain inactive'. Sure enough, much to the excitement of the crowd, an altercation did break out between two individuals, a Minehan and a Donoghue. There were also many men present who had sworn not to drink spirits in Killarney for a set period of time. However, logically they considered it no harm to swallow, as long as they were able, tumbler after tumbler in the village of Cloghereen."
If you would like to know more about these sort of fights see my article in the October 2009 journal entitled 'Faction fighting in 19th century Ireland'
Thomas Crofton Croker was a renowned writer about the Killarney area. His book Legends of the Lakes was published in 1829. It is full of O'Donoghue references.
The village of Cloghereen, now more commonly known as Muckross Village, held an annual fair.
From The Muckross Newsletter Issue 25
"On the occasion of his visit to Cloghereen fair, Croker described how the roadway thorugh the village was lined with tables or stands. On these the dealers had laid hteir goods for sale: dillisk (edible seaweed), fruit, frieze (universal material for men's clothing), flannel and crubeens (pigs' feet or trotters). On either side of the roadway the common ground was occupied by horses, cows and pigs, together with their buyers and sellers. The crowd in attendance at the fair included, 'groups of giggling girls with their riband-adorned caps and blue cloaks'. There were also 'whispering matrons with their shawled heads' and men 'with their frize (sic) loodies (large loose coats), corduroy breeches and well-seasoned sticks - sticks not destined long to remain inactive'. Sure enough, much to the excitement of the crowd, an altercation did break out between two individuals, a Minehan and a Donoghue. There were also many men present who had sworn not to drink spirits in Killarney for a set period of time. However, logically they considered it no harm to swallow, as long as they were able, tumbler after tumbler in the village of Cloghereen."
If you would like to know more about these sort of fights see my article in the October 2009 journal entitled 'Faction fighting in 19th century Ireland'
The village of Cloghereen, now more commonly known as Muckross Village, held an annual fair.
From The Muckross Newsletter Issue 25
"On the occasion of his visit to Cloghereen fair, Croker described how the roadway thorugh the village was lined with tables or stands. On these the dealers had laid hteir goods for sale: dillisk (edible seaweed), fruit, frieze (universal material for men's clothing), flannel and crubeens (pigs' feet or trotters). On either side of the roadway the common ground was occupied by horses, cows and pigs, together with their buyers and sellers. The crowd in attendance at the fair included, 'groups of giggling girls with their riband-adorned caps and blue cloaks'. There were also 'whispering matrons with their shawled heads' and men 'with their frize (sic) loodies (large loose coats), corduroy breeches and well-seasoned sticks - sticks not destined long to remain inactive'. Sure enough, much to the excitement of the crowd, an altercation did break out between two individuals, a Minehan and a Donoghue. There were also many men present who had sworn not to drink spirits in Killarney for a set period of time. However, logically they considered it no harm to swallow, as long as they were able, tumbler after tumbler in the village of Cloghereen."
If you would like to know more about these sort of fights see my article in the October 2009 journal entitled 'Faction fighting in 19th century Ireland'
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