“The Fair of Rosslea”

Description

Monday, November 8 Frank Hynes meets Dolan at the fair of Rosslea. They agreed to match their dogs in a hunt the next Friday at Annerlaw. The hunt is described as some number of hare are killed, and the dogs are named.

Notes

Rosslea is in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. - BS

Cross references

  • cf. "The Huntsman's Horn" (subject: competitive hare hunt from the huntsman's point of view)
  • cf. "Killafole Boasters" (subject: competitive hare hunt from the huntsman's point of view) and references there

Recordings

  • Philip McDermott, "The Fair of Rosslea" (on Voice18)

References

  1. Roud #12935
  2. BI, RcFaRoss

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1980 (recording, Philip McDermott)
Found in: Ireland