Patrick Greaney, Gaelic

Gaels

The Gaels or Goidels are speakers of one of the Goidelic Celtic languages: Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx. Goidelic speech originated in Ireland and subsequently spread to western and northern Scotland and the Isle of Man....

-Irish

Irish people

The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

 poet, fl. 18th century.

Greaney was a poet from Ballintleva, Tuam

Tuam

Tuam is a town in County Galway, Ireland. The name is pronounced choo-um . It is situated west of the midlands of Ireland, and north of Galway city.-History:...

, and worked for Ulick Jennings of Ironpool in the parish of Kilconly

Kilconly

Kilconly is a small rural village near Tuam which is north of Galway City in County Galway, Ireland. It is situated about seven miles north west of Tuam town on the Ballinrobe road ....

, who was a member of the local gentry. Ulick's son was John Jennings. Along with a composition called Seán Óg Ó Ciardhubháin, Greaney's lament for John Jenning's unexpected death, Doctúir Jennings, were among his most notable songs.

All of Greaney's known works were collected and published by Eibhlín Bean Ui Coisdealbha

Eileen Costello

Eileen Costello was an Irish politician, author, teacher and folklorist. She was elected to the Irish Free State Seanad Éireann as an independent member in December 1922. She was one of four women elected or appointed to the first Seanad in 1922. She was re-elected for 3 years in 1931 but lost...

 in 1923 in a compilation of traditional folk-songs from Galway

County Galway

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 and Mayo

County Mayo

County Mayo is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the village of Mayo, which is now generally known as Mayo Abbey. Mayo County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county is 130,552...

, titled Amhráin Muighe Seola.

Literature

• Amhráin Muighe Seola, Eibhlín Bean Ui Coisdealbha
  Eileen Costello
  Eileen Costello was an Irish politician, author, teacher and folklorist. She was elected to the Irish Free State Seanad Éireann as an independent member in December 1922. She was one of four women elected or appointed to the first Seanad in 1922. She was re-elected for 3 years in 1931 but lost...
  
  , 1923.
• A Local Poet, by Phil Carney-Moran, in Sylane National School 150th Anniversary, ed. John Lardner, Margaret Murray, Phil Moran, Tuam, 2002.

External links

• http://worldmusiccentral.org/article.php/20040411113457325