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School: Abbey (Naomh Feichín)

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Abbey, Co. Galway
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Séan de Paor
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    1. There was a man born in Ballygown who composed a song. He had a little hut in Ballinagar. He had tamed fish and he could call out the fish by their names.
    2. He wrote verses on stones. On one stone he wrote:-
    "Remember man as you pass by.
    As you are now so once was I.
    As I an now so shall you be.
    Remember man eternity."
    3. There was another man named Patrick Felle. He composed a song about the Ballygown evictions. It is called "Sweet Ballygown". The
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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)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Neil Conroy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballygowan, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Patrick Conroy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballygowan, Co. Galway