School: Streamstown (roll number 15291)
- Location:
- Streamstown, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: S. Garland
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0734, Page 118
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- (continued from previous page)that he died abroad. It is about a hundred years ago since he lived in Boher.
There was another poet named Andy Fay who lived in Killeen Breac and who made a poem about an election in Westmeath. This song was entitled the "Election of Westmeath".
There was a man named John Ennis living in Ballymore who went to Buenos Aires. There he wrote a song about a girl he was to be married to which was called "The Flower of Ballymore". There was a man named Murray living in Horseleap who made another poem in opposition to his.
- There is hardly a parish or district in Ireland which does not contain a poet. One such man is John Kelly, who lives in the townsland of Gneeve in the parish of Castletown.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Joe Keegan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lurrig, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Paddy Keegan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Lurrig, Co. Westmeath
