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School: Baile Meadhonach (roll number 10675)

Location:
Ballymanagh, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Micheal Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0036, Page 0155

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    The only poets heard of or mentioned in my district were Raftery "the blind poet of Connaught" and Callanan.
    Calanan the poet lived in a village called Shanvalley in the parish of Craughwell in the Co. of Galway. The story of his lifetime is unknown to the old historians in the district. He is buried in Cilínín graveyard, where Raftery is also buried and over whose grave Lady Gregory had got a headstone erected long after Raftery's death. Callanan composed a poem relating to a priest who lived in Craughwell by the name of Father Ryder. Henery the eight
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Seán Menihan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carheen, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Redmond Menihan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carheen, Co. Galway