mullagh

🎶 There's a hole in the bucket ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVAvMIhvqfk

At least some of the people in the background look to be in costume, dressed up like the 1890s. One couple in a horse-drawn car at left are holding up a sign between them.

An IrishCentral article says:
The fair day is held annually on the second Sunday in September. It is an attempt to recreate the traditional fair day that was held here from 1828. In 1837, Mullagh had a market and fair for the sale of cattle and pigs, oats, butter and flax several times a year. By 1870 the fair was held on the last Friday of every month. The traditional fair was one of the best and biggest in the north east
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The Mullagh Development Committee re-established the Fair Day in 1997
but not when the original fair ended.

duchas confirms the last Friday of the month, and suggests it was originally held at the Gates of Mullagh, a crossroads west of the town.

On facebook, I see images of The Mullagh Carnival, in Co. Clare, a different spot altogether from the Gates of Mullagh. The countryside in Mullagh, County Clare looks like a better fit.

woou!

From Wikipedia: "Johnny Mullagh (1841-1891), was part of the famous 1868 Aboriginal cricket tour of England. He was a skilful all-rounder, being a right arm bowler and right-handed batsman. "Also known by his traditional name Unaarrimin (he was given the name 'Mullagh' to identify him with his place of birth), he played 47 matches on the 1868 England tour, scoring 1698 runs at an average of around 20 on pitches that were often treacherous. Spectators considered the equal of any English batter. He also bowled 1877 overs, 831 of which were maidens, and took 245 wickets at 10 apiece. If this weren't enough, he would occasionally don wicket-keeping gloves, achieving four stumpings." There's also the Johnny Mullagh Cricket Centre – a museum in country Victoria celebrating the cricket career of this aboriginal sporting hero.

so old! I love seen that kind of photos,I learn so much about photography!

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called 19th Century Sports Photographs, and we'd love to have this added to the group!