School: Walshestown (roll number 3245)
- Location:
- Walshestown North, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhuibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 377
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Since first in greenwood splendour
You gaily kissed the Summer breeze.
From May until September, etc
He died about thirty years ago about the age of sixty and was buried at Walshestown Cemetery.
Another well known poet was old Pat Finegan who died recently and his brother Tom who contributed frequently to the "Weekly News".
T Mulready
- There were no poets living in this district except one man whose name was Laurence Darcy who lived in Munroe Balrath. When his brother Edward got married he made a very nice poem as follows
I was down at my fathers a short time ago.
And saw all my neighbours(continues on next page)
