School: Cill Mhór Iorruis

Location:
An Sáilín, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán S. Ó Cróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0134, Page 303

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    born early in the last century, and died, aged about 80, on the 8th December, 1819. He was buried at Holy Cross cemetery, where up to the present no stone marks his grave. His literary remains fared even worse than his bodily remains, all his papers having been burned after his death by his wife, who set no value on them. The collection of his poems now being made is from oral tradition. The house in which Barrett lived and taught was situated
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Prionsias Mac Éoin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    An Sáilín, Co. Mayo