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Banagher Horse Fair

Hope is a Horse Fair in Banagher

Our old house, Babser Hynses on the right, is boarded up now. But at least its not torn down, as the developers …

Are the Fairies Against the Fair?

The locals they were wondering They were trying to make sense Why the Sergeant wants to stop Banagher Fair Or away in …

Plotting a Duel in Merlin Woods

Merlin Woods in a wood near where I live. A hospital is there now, and the wood is a public park. However, …

Fair Girls at the Horse Fair

They walk the streets, young, wild at heart Among horses the men admire Free of sprit and fast with word To the …

That Beats Banagher

They want the horse fair banished from the streets to a field Where they believe all horses should be Their spirit contained, …

Reboot Banagher Horse Fair…

We will see you, as a sure thing, in September On the Main Street among the proud horses there We’ll walk among …

More Than Just Another Memory

To ride a horse is to ride the sky, Someone once said somewhere… Well I was not with horses raised, But I …

Just Doing Our Job

The most farcical part of the attempted shut down of Banagher fair, was when John Boy Dolan got cautioned for selling HENS… …

They Took from Us

We lost our fire stations, it costs to much to save our lives Not enough folk die from fires, is the reason …