School: Clochar na Trocaire
- Location:
- Tuam, Co. Galway
- Teacher: an tSiúr M. Oilibhéir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0027, Page 0171
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- These were old poets namely Patrick Reiully, Paitcín Coen Martin Hughes and an old women named Honour Holain Patrick Reilly lived in Feigh, Paictín Coen lived in Clogherboy, Martin Hughes lived in Killererin and Honour Holain lived in Barracks.
They are died with a number of years and are buried in the same graveyard.
But still these old poems and songs are not forgoten.
They were very jolly men.
When they were young they went to visit to one house named Reilly's.
They wrote old songs and poems dispraising one another and often were fighting about poems they wrote about one another.
This is one poem which Paíctín Coen wrote about an old women(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Fahy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Garraun Beg, Co. Galway
- Informant
- William Fahy
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Garraun Beg, Co. Galway
