The Great October Fair
'Fairs and markets?' I said, 'sure they're a thing of the past. All you get now are tatty imitations dressed up to pull in the tourists.'
'Go to Ballinasloe,' they said So I did.
Sam McAughtry , Belfast born and bred, heads south and west across the border into the heart of rural Ireland.
Film editor DECLAN BYRNE Producer MOORE SINNERTON BBC Northern Ireland (R)
