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1. Poets of the District

   

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   Two poets lived in our district long ago. Their names were Robert Weldon and Michael Francis Sheehan. Robert Weldon was born in the Parish of Kilrossanty near the Saw Mill on the River Mahon. He worked in the Saw Mill cutting timber. He was a poet by nature. He could compose a poem on the spur of the moment. All his poems were composed in the language These are the names of the poems which he composed Tearga na nGaedheal Musgail a Bhanba Gleann na Machan Dán don abb i Cnoch Mellerí An Bhean Rochaidhe Robert Weldon got a gold medal as a prize at the Munster Feis for his poem "Musgail a Bhanba" He was called the "Poet of the Comeraghs. He died in 1928 in his

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Languages

   Irish

   English

   Collector

   Nicholas Butler

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Kilclooney, Co. Waterford