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School: Liatra (roll number 13341)

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Lettera, Co. Galway
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Seán Mac Sheoin
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    Local Poets
    Martin Reynolds in Meelick and Peter Harte in Kilbeg were good poets. It was Martin Reynolds who composed the Thresher in Meelick, the Girls of Islands and the Horse that ran away.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    2. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Delia Moylan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Meelickroe, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mary Moylan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    80
    Occupation
    Farmer's wife
    Address
    Meelickroe, Co. Roscommon