School: Walshestown (roll number 3245)
- Location:
- Walshestown North, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhuibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 376
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- (continued from previous page)touch those forts in ploughing or planting trees because it is said to be unlucky.
- Timothy Brennan the Strand Walshestown was a well known poet of this locality. He had several pieces of poetry published in "The Weekly News", and the "Westmeath Examiner". One of his poems was about Loch Owel and another about the woods of Tullaghlan, the latter ran as follows
"Dear grand old woods of Tullaghan
The theme of song and story
I'll rest awhile in your green shade
And sing your Summer glory
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- T. Mulready
