School: Castletowngeoghegan (C.) (roll number 2093)
- Location:
- Castletown Geoghegan, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: C. Ní Chonaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0734, Page 461
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- (continued from previous page)poetry. He was born in 1843 and he died in 1901. A man named O'Brian lived in Adamstown and he composed a lot of poetry. He could write and read. He died at the age of sixty two and was buried in Churchtown. A man named Kenny who lived in Bryanstown composed songs. The name of one he composed was "The Fairy Folk of Raheen na mbó". He was a tradesman and he was buried in the cemetery of Taughboyne.
- Collector
- Joseph Quinn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killalea, Co. Westmeath
