School: Fermoyle, Lanesboro (roll number 13321)

Location:
Formoyle (Newcomen), Co. Longford
Teacher:
S. Mac Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0753, Page 253

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    An old man named Ned Farrell who lived in Cornadough, Newtowncashel was a great poet. He used to go about working for people. He usually made poems every year and sent them to be written in "Old Moore's Almanac". He wrote chiefly in memory of old people who died, or he often wrote them about some person he liked well. He was known as "Ned the Poet". One of his poems was called "Gaelly Bay". He lived about thirty years ago.
    A poet of the present day is Mattie Conor of Newpark. He wrote a poem about "Elfeet Bay" about fifteen years ago and it was published in the "Longford Leader". He is a farmer. He is a very learned man. There is alot of history attached to "Elfeet Bay". It is said that a man threw a stone from Elfeet Castle that killed Queen Maeve of Connaught.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Brennan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Lismacmanus, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Patrick Brennan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Lismacmanus, Co. Longford