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School: Ganntaigh (Ganty)

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Ganty, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Sorcha Bean Uí Chlúin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0034, Page 0188

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    the sons, and Mary and Bridget were the names of the daughters. John and Marcus went to America and died abroad. Mary married a man named Dooley of Caher, Patrick settled down in the old home in Caherdivan and Michael married Brigid Feeney of Laughile, Craughwell and came to live there.
    The great grand-children of the poet still live in Laughile (LaChoill) in the parish of of Carrowbane. One of his great grand-children, Brigid Callanan, is presently attending this school (Ganty) and supplied the information about the poet and his family.
    Callanan the poet lies buried in the graveyard at Killeeneen, his grave being only a few feet away from that of his rival, Raftery.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Informant
    Patsy Dempsey
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    85
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Lissalondoon, Co. Galway