{"id":2166,"date":"2015-07-31T04:06:50","date_gmt":"2015-07-31T04:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=2166"},"modified":"2015-07-31T04:06:50","modified_gmt":"2015-07-31T04:06:50","slug":"fair-girls-at-the-horse-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/fair-girls-at-the-horse-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Fair Girls at the Horse Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2167\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2167\" style=\"width: 838px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Fair-Girls-at-the-Fair.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2167\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Fair-Girls-at-the-Fair.jpg\" alt=\"Some firls from Ballinasloe Horse Fair in 2014... the Fair Girls at the Fair... See https:\/\/youtu.be\/J7f-b29i7Lw for full video\" width=\"838\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Fair-Girls-at-the-Fair.jpg 838w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Fair-Girls-at-the-Fair-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 838px) 100vw, 838px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2167\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some girls from Ballinasloe Horse Fair in 2014&#8230; the Fair Girls at the Fair&#8230; See https:\/\/youtu.be\/J7f-b29i7Lw for full video this screenshot was taken from<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>They walk the streets, young, wild at heart<br \/>\nAmong horses the men admire<br \/>\nFree of sprit and fast with word<br \/>\nTo the shouts of commoner and squire.<\/p>\n<p>Such girls! Such women! Inspire words<br \/>\nFew written about them there<br \/>\nThe beautiful women among the beautiful horses<br \/>\nThe fair girls at the Fair.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<b>Scenes from Ballinasloe Fair. Screenshot above was taken from this video.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ballinasloe Horse Fair - Ireland Through Eye Of The Camera\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J7f-b29i7Lw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They walk the streets, young, wild at heart Among horses the men admire Free of sprit and fast with word To the shouts of commoner and squire. Such girls! Such women! Inspire words Few written about them there The beautiful women among the beautiful horses The fair girls at the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[256,484],"tags":[2301,718,60,2300,719,2362],"class_list":["post-2166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irish-heritage","category-irish-travellers","tag-ballinasloe-horse-fair","tag-banagher-horse-fair","tag-gypsy","tag-gypsy-girls","tag-horse-fair","tag-irish-travellers","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-yW","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":848,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/all-fair-at-the-ballinasloe-fair\/","url_meta":{"origin":2166,"position":0},"title":"All Fair at the Ballinasloe Fair","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"12th October 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"There was auld wans and young wans and all sorts of wild ones Piebalds and ponys, and big horses, small ones hands high, Sulkys and traps, carriages and chaps That were merry, more rowdy, I passed them all by. 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A Facebook campaign is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Banagher&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Banagher","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/banagher\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Banagher Horse Fair - Fun of the Fair - Picture Dave Boylan","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Banagher-Horse-Fair-Fun-of-the-Fair-Picture-Dave-Boylan.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Banagher-Horse-Fair-Fun-of-the-Fair-Picture-Dave-Boylan.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Banagher-Horse-Fair-Fun-of-the-Fair-Picture-Dave-Boylan.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Banagher-Horse-Fair-Fun-of-the-Fair-Picture-Dave-Boylan.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Banagher-Horse-Fair-Fun-of-the-Fair-Picture-Dave-Boylan.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":853,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/2015-siobhan-english-horse-fair-calender-tara-calling-book-and-blackwater-poetry-tribute-anthology-some-projects-hot-off-of-the-presses\/","url_meta":{"origin":2166,"position":3},"title":"2015 Siobhan English Horse Fair Calender, Tara Calling book, and Blackwater Poetry tribute anthology &#8211; some projects Hot Off of the Presses","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"12th October 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"From a calender of horses, to an anthology on the passing of a writer, and a book to save Tara, the writings of Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh are cropping up all over the place, be that a good thing or not... read on! 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