School: Dubh-Áth (B.) (roll number 11067)
- Location:
- Duagh, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Seán Ó Conchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0410, Page 149
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- Timothy Mc Govern of "Cnoc na Crochadh" and Patrick O Donnell of Seanafóna are the only poets, of which thee is any account, who lived in this district formerly. Timothy Mc Govern lived from 1873 to 1928 and Patrick O Donnell from 1858 to 1903, They are both buried in the old cemetry in Abbeyfeale.
There were poets among the ancestors of the Mc Governs, one of whom married Pat O Donnell's father and according to tradition it was from the Mc Governs O Donnell inherited the gift of poetrymaking.
Some of Mc Governs songs are: "The Banks of the Feale" "The Boys from Sweet(continues on next page)
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