School: Cill Cruain (B)
- Location:
- Ballyglass South, Co. Galway
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- In this parish long ago several men composed songs about different happenings in this parish. James Tiernan Ballymoe Castlrea Co. Galway composed a song about a fight that was on the road to Lisnageera in the year nineteen hundred and eight. The name of the song was The Road to Lisnageera and this song has ever since been sang in this district. He composed another song and its name was "The Congested Melodeon." The young men in Bookla joined together and bought a melodeon.
Martin Walshe Bookla Ballymoe Co. Galway composed a book of poems and songs about his district. This man died in America a few years ago. His books are to(continues on next page)- Collector
- Thomas Egan
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Martin Egan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 48
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Ballyglass South, Co. Galway