Buttevant

History

Henry III of England, by grant of 26 September 1234, conceded a market at Buttevant to David Og de Barry to be held on Sundays, and a fair on the vigil and day of St. Luke the Evangelist (17 October and 18 October), and on six subsequent days. This was done to further the economic prosperity of the borough and connected with a widespread network of such markets and fairs which indicate "an extensive network of commercial traffic and an important part of the infrastructure of the growing agrarian and mercantile economy". The most important markets and all fairs were associated with the major boroughs and can be used as a gauge of their economic and social significance as also the 1301 quo warranto proceedings in Cork at which John de Barry "claimed the basic baronial jurisdiction of gallows, infangetheof, vetitia namia and fines for shedding blood (where 'Englishmen' were involved) in his manors of Buttevant, Castlelyons, Rathbarry and Lislee". The town of Buttevant accumulated a series of such grants over several centuries. Fairs and markets were held at Buttevant for cattle sheep and pigs on 23 January, 30 April, 27 May, 27 August and 21 November. Cattle and sheep fairs were held on 27 March, 14 October, 17 December. Pig markets were held on 11 July. Fairs falling on Saturdays were held on Mondays. Fridays were devoted to egg markets. Horse fairs were held on the Fourth Monday in October. Cahirmee Horse Fair, the only surviving fair, is held on 12 July. The development of the settlement followed a pattern frequently repeated in the Norman colonies of North Cork and Limerick. The original nucleus of the town consisted of a keep situated on an elevation on the south side of the town. Opposite the keep, on a pre-Norman site, was built the parish church, dedicated to…

Most-observed species

• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  358
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  326
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  308
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  289
• Eurasian Wren

  Troglodytes troglodytes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  283
• Rook

  Corvus frugilegus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  233
• Hooded Crow

  Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  232
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  231