Donnybrook contrasted with St. Bartholomew’s—Characteristics of
the company resorting to each fair—Site upon which the former is
held—Description and materials of a Donnybrook tent—Various
humours of the scene—The horse fair—Visit of the Author and
Counsellor Byrne in 1790—Barter and exchange—The “gentle
Coadjutor”—The “master cobbler”—A head in chancery—Disastrous
mishap of Counsellor Byrne—Sympathy therewith of the Author and
his steed—The cobbler and his companion—An extrication—Unexpected
intruders—Counsellor Byrne and his doctor—A glance at the country
fairs of Ireland—Sir Hercules Langreish and Mr. Dundas—Dysart
fair—The fighting factions—Various receipts for picking a
quarrel—Recent _civilization_ of the lower classes of Emeralders 230