School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- An Baile Nua (Shea), Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: (ní thugtar ainm)
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- Long-ago Co Kilkenny was very famous for poets
Pat Peters who lived in Balintee was dull of sight but he was a very famous poet.
He made one very well known poem about Wallace's of Balintee this poem is still known by the people locally and is called "Callaghan's new machine".
Pat Peters died in the County Home at the old age of seventy eight.
A man named Thomas Curtin from Kells(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kitty Lahert
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Garraí an Ghoidínigh, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Informant
- Denis Lahert
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 43
- Address
- Garraí an Ghoidínigh, Co. Chill Chainnigh
