School: Mercy Convent, Granard (roll number 13846)
- Location:
- Granard, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Sr. Conception
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A Local Poet
14th Feb; 1938
The local poet that I know of in my district of Abbeylara, Co. Longford is Mr Wiliam Sheridan who is about 40 years of age, and lives in the townland of Aughnagarron, in the parish of Abbeylara, Co. Longford.
He wrote a number of songs, and two of them are:-
"An Exiles Lament," and "The Cloughernal Sports." Here are a few lines of "An Exiles Lament"
" Tis down the Aughnagarron(continues on next page)- Collector
- Rose Lynch
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Creevy, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mr Thomas Lynch
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 47
- Address
- Creevy, Co. Longford