In Reply to: Re: Pattern Fair Day, Castlebar posted by Oireach on May 14, 2010 at 08:26:30:

a cara......cyril chapman....was a trading genius......having grown up in a trading environment....i knew them all......cyril was the original bundoran bargain king.....i had many a laugh with him in bundoran....when i pounded the square in finner camp...and wetted my whistle in bradys...the cavan house......cyril lived at mccormicks......and his son joe took over.....but cyril....with his raspy voice .....well groomed ....crystofixed jet black hair.....was a legend....as were all the other street traders of that time....not like today......the traders of that period clothed ....hardwared the whole country....and each one was a stand up act......they were more famous than cotts of kilcock....or greys of dublin.....the flood gates of fond memory are busting my damns......life then was like a plate of callie.....you couldnt get enough of it.....
....tog go bog e......