School: Abbey (Naomh Feichín)
- Location:
- Abbey, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Séan de Paor
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- 1. There was a man born in Ballygown who composed a song. He had a little hut in Ballinagar. He had tamed fish and he could call out the fish by their names. 2. He wrote verses on stones. On one stone he wrote:-
"Remember man as you pass by.
As you are now so once was I.
As I an now so shall you be.
Remember man eternity."3. There was another man named Patrick Felle. He composed a song about the Ballygown evictions. It is called "Sweet Ballygown". The(continues on next page)- Collector
- Neil Conroy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballygowan, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Patrick Conroy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballygowan, Co. Galway