I was born and reared in a town with a racecourse, I was lucky I suppose! When I was growing up in Listowel there was just a September festival. I recall it was a five-day festival from Monday to Friday and all the schools in the area closed. We got a half-day on Friday for the festival and we weren't back until the following Monday week. For me it was an early Christmas.

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