themullaghcarnival

Kicking the bucket in Mullagh

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 4 older comments, and then…
• beachcomber australia said:

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

• Niall McAuley said:

  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.

• Niall McAuley said:

  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
  ...
  The Mullagh Development Committee re-established the Fair Day in 1997
  but not when the original fair ended.

• Niall McAuley said:

  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.

• Niall McAuley said:

  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.