School: Scoil na mBráthar, Portlaoighse

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1. The Keegans of Coolbanagher (continued)

   

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   sometimes his guests were from the four provinces. One very welcome person was a blind man by the name of O'Leary from Kerry. This man had a dog known as Pinch who led him from place to place and he himself was called Caoch O'Leary, Inspired with great love for the blind man Keegan wrote a poem Pinch and Caoch 'O'Leary. In addition to this he wrote many beautiful unpublished ones. What a pity that such men as Laurence Keegan of Coolbangher castle should sleep in oblivion.

   

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2. The Buffers Bridge

   

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   The Buffers Bridge
   Long ago all the peoples horses around Coolbangher used to be ridden through, the fields at night, but at last a priest went to the grave-yard and called the dead people from their graves.The last one to come was a

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   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
   2. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   P. Dunne

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Port Laoise, Co. Laois

   Informant

   Mr D. Dunne

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Port Laoise, Co. Laois