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The Ballinasloe October Fair is one of the oldest fairs in Ireland. While now predominantly associated with horses, in its heyday it served as a market for the sale of cattle and sheep by the farmers of the west to their counterparts in the east of Ireland.An Irish adage advises: Go East for a woman; go West for a horse.When I was a girl I had a bicycle. I wanted … [Read more...] about Sláinte! The Great October Fair