School: Tyrrellspass (2) (roll number 13743)
- Location:
- Tyrrellspass, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs Payne
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- (continued from previous page)this photo recently cut from a newspaper here.
- Poet Kelly used to live in Castletown but he lives in Tyrrellspass at present.He is a big tall man between seventy and eighty years old. In the nights he goes rambling to houses. He writes some pieces of poetry and he talks a lot. He goes to Kilbeggan every fort-night for his old age pension. He has a young wife and two sons and a daughter. He is the only local living poet I know. Joe Kane's father who lived down the "bog road" in years gone by I heard was a country poet too.These lines were written by our local poet Kelly(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ruth Johnston
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Tyrrellspass, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- J. Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 80
- Occupation
- Writer
- Address
- Castletown Geoghegan, Co. Westmeath
