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School: Castlerock N.S. (roll number 13242)

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Drummartin, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Frank Haran
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0174, Page 180

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    The name of the Poet who lived in our district long ago was Paddy Fox.
    He lived at Coolaney about a hundred yards from the station of Leyny.
    He was buried in Killoran graveyard.
    There is no story as to how he got the gift of poetry.
    There were no poets among his ancestors it is said that the power of verse making came suddenly.
    He only composed English, no poets competed with each other nor attacked each other.
    These poets were farmers and used to compose songs
    They composed their songs in English
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Elizabeth Bowie
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cabragh, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Miss Honor Gallagher
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    72
    Address
    Carrownaskeagh, Co. Sligo