School: Carley (roll number 5332)

Location:
Crooked Wood, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Brigid Cooke
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    have been a graveyard. He also thinks there is a cave or passage underneath. (when rooting stones a "crow-bar" disappeared into earth)
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  2. The poet Daly lived in Cooke's field at Crookedwood about 50 years ago. A well called the Poet's well is still pointed out. His principal song was the "Maid of Balnegall". He was a labouring man. He wrote in English.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English