School: Borrisoleigh, Glenkeen (roll number 590)
- Location:
- Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tomás de Búrca
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- Collector
- Edward Stapleton
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gortaniddan, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Joe Fofarty
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Address
- Gortaniddan, Co. Tipperary
- Long ago about a hundred years ago there were a poet in Glenbreeda Borrisoleigh. He used to make up stories and pomes and something give the night up writeing them. He is buried about fifty years ago in Uppercurch. It is said that his granfather was a poet before him. He was born in Glenbreeda . He composed the pome in English. There was a poet living in Darmidies in Cuilin before the Darmidies came there. He was a great man for making songs. I don't know what his name was.
- This is name of a poet in my district namely Michael O Dwyer . He lived in Gurtnacranna Upperchurch . I do not know how he got the gift of poetry . THere is(continues on next page)