School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- There were very few poets in this district, but a few of them are remembered still.
There was a man named Patrick Peters who lived in a village called Dunnamaggin, able to make songs.
He made a song about Callaghan's New Machine.
This man was working at a farm-house in Kilree,(continues on next page)- Collector
- James Sweeney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Goodwinsgarden, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- John Sweeney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Goodwinsgarden, Co. Kilkenny