It is also reputed to have been the home of Turlough Carolan, the harpist and composer when he came to Carrick as a boy with his family from Nobber, Co. Meath in 1684.

Nobber ( – referring to a moate around a Norman castle ) is a village in north County Meath, Ireland.

* The village has two schools: Nobber National school for primary school children and O ' Carolan College which is a comprehensive secondary school.

* Famous technical graphics teacher Gerry McGiveny, is originally from Nobber.

* Nobber is also known for having two of the best footballers in Ireland that have represented Meath footballers in the past ( Gerry McEntee ) and also Brian Farrell who currently represents Meath.

On 13 November, Edward marched further south via Dundalk where, incredibly, " some gave them the right hand " ( a fight ), occupied Nobber on the 30th, and advanced to Kells, where he was met by Mortimer.

Nobber railway station opened on 1 November 1872, closed for passenger traffic on 27 January 1947 and finally closed altogether on 1 April 1963.

Nobber has 22 townlands.

* Nobber has only one Gaelic Football team called Nobber G. F. C.

McEntee was born in the town of Nobber in County Meath, and has lived there all his life.

Columbanus ( the Latinised form of Columbán ) was born in Nobber, County Meath, Ireland, in the year Saint Benedict died, and from childhood was well instructed.

O ' Carolan was born in 1670 near Nobber, County Meath, but in 1684 he moved with his family, to Ballyfarnon, County Roscommon, where his father took a job with the MacDermottRoe family of Alderford House.

In the Medieval period Nobber was the chief town of the Barony of Morgallion.

* Nobber was also home to the middleweight boxer Fiachra McEntee who twice won the All Ireland Title.

It includes Nobber, Slane, Dunboyne, Kells and Ashbourne, the constituency's biggest town.

The Normans were the first known people to settle at Nobber.

In 2003, Nobber won the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship, beating Kilmeena of Mayo.

Nobber are reigning Meath Intermediate football Champions.

Nobber are currently in the Meath Senior Football Championship, which they have never won.

The Nobber colours are black and amber.

The rodeo arena is encompassed by the popular Kittitas County Fair, also held during Labor Day weekend.

* World Fair Trade Day is celebrated.

* Earliest day on which World Fair Trade Day can fall, while May 14 is the latest ; celebrated on the second Sunday of May.

* February – ( 14th ) Valentine's Day, President's Day ( note: The Agriculture Fair occurs on this weekend )

; Fairs: The Annual Summer Fair and other seasonal fairs such as May Day were often bawdy affairs.

Mayfest Arts Fair is a free outdoor festival that takes place annually over Mother's Day weekend.

* It's a Fair Day, Amber Brown ( 2002 )

Webster's dictionary defines three slang terms related to Paddington: " Paddington Fair Day " which refers to a public hanging day at the Tyburn gallows ( Tyburn being part of Paddington Parish ); " Paddington Fair " which means a public execution ; and " To dance the Paddington frisk " which means " to be hanged ".

In late August and early September, Grayson County hosts the annual Grayson County Fair, which entertains locals and guests with music, a carnival, a Truck and Tractor Pull, a Demolition Derby, and ends on Labor Day with a parade through Leitchfield.

It is one of the largest such festivals in the world, and includes a variety of events such as the Sydney Mardi Gras Parade and Party, Bondi Beach Drag Races, Harbour Party, the academic discussion panel Queer Thinking, Mardi Gras Film Festival, as well as Fair Day, which attracts 70, 000 people to Victoria Park, Sydney.

Fair Day 2007 " Sea of Hearts " by the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby

Fair Day is the kick off event for the official Mardi Gras season in Victoria Park, Sydney for Sydney's wider LGBTQI community and their friends, family and pets.

Fair Day 2011 saw record numbers of attendees.

Entertainment came from the Foxtel Main Stage included a set from Zoe Badwi and Garcon Garcon, and included one of the biggest ever “ Mr and Mrs Fair Day ” competitions.

Hogarth's other works in the 1730s include A Midnight Modern Conversation ( 1733 ), Southwark Fair ( 1733 ), The Sleeping Congregation ( 1736 ), Before and After ( 1736 ), Scholars at a Lecture ( 1736 ), The Company of Undertakers ( Consultation of Quacks ) ( 1736 ), The Distrest Poet ( 1736 ), The Four Times of the Day ( 1738 ), and Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn ( 1738 ).

He was first recognised for his black-and-white photography in the north of England, Bad Weather ( 1982 ) and A Fair Day ( 1984 ), but switched to colour photography in 1984.

* A Fair Day: Photographs from the West Coast of Ireland.

Loachapoka is home to two fall festivals, both held on the same day each fall -- the annual Syrup Sopping Day the South of Highway 14 and the Lee County Historical Fair Pioneer Park, to the north of Highway 14.

During Labor Day weekend in the fall, the park hosts the Clothesline Fair which is a typical southern style hometown celebration.

Los Banos is locally known for its annual May Day Fair during the first week of May.

Blackfoot is also home to the Eastern Idaho State Fair, which operates between Labor Day weekend and the following weekend.

Popcorn Day continues as part of the Gallatin County Fair and is held the second Saturday in September, with big kettles that are started heating at dawn to make popcorn all day.

The band has also enjoyed success on the track circuit performing in the Indiana State Fair Band Day competition.