School: Cluain Catha (roll number 16291)

Location:
Clooncah, Co. Roscommon
Teachers:
Dll. Ó Módhráin Ss. Mac Eoghain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0252, Page 426

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  1. There were a few old poets in our district. There was a man named James Quinn who lived formerly in Fairymount and he composed several songs and poems. He was a national school teacher. He was born in Fairymount and he died in the year 1887 at the age of 80 years and he was burried at Derrane Churchyard.
    There is a man named William Nerney who lived in Dahal, Curaghroeand he made several poems. He made a poem about
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Gibbons
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aghamuck, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Joseph Gibbons
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    78
    Address
    Aghamuck, Co. Roscommon