School: West Waterford Branch I.N.T.O (roll number n/a)
- Location:
- Coshmore and Coshbride, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: James Cashman
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0640, Page 144
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“The following is another story told to show how witty the old native speakers were.”
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“The most famous of all the poets in the district was a man named Pádruig de Faoithe (Patrick White).”
The most famous of all the poets in the district was a man named Pádraig de Faoite (Patrick White). He lived somewhere the Pike, Tallow, Co Waterford. He lived about the time of the famine and the only person extant is one called "Na Prátaí Dubha". But for my own luck in getting it from the only man who had all of it, it would be lost for ever. The author I have for it was Patrick Shea. He died shortly after giving it to me and with him went a wealth of folklore.
Before giving me the poem he told me the following about Pádraig de Faoite. He asked me to keep the following private as some friends of the poet may(continues on next page) - Collector
- James Cashman
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