Peatsaí Ó Callanáin (c. 1791-1865) was an Irish poet. Younger brother of Marcas Ó Callanáin, Peatsaí is said to have been the better known of the two. He attended a local school in

Craughwell Craughwell (historically ''Creaghmoyle'', from ) is a town and townland in County Galway, Ireland. Name The name Craughwell is also used as a surname, properly '' Ó Creachmhaoil'', though often anglicised as ''Craughwell'', ''Croughwell'' and ...

, and later attended one or both the schools of Anthony O'Brien at Athenry, or of the ( Dominican) Brothers at Esker, County Galway. He was for a time a rival of

Antoine Ó Raifteiri Antoine Ó Raifteirí (also Antoine Ó Reachtabhra, ''Anthony Raftery'') (30 March 1779 – 25 December 1835) was an Irish language poet who is often called the last of the wandering bards. Biography Antoine Ó Raifteirí was born in Killedan, n ...

but they later became good friends. In 1967, Seán Ó Ceallaigh - principal of Craughwell National School - produced an edition of their poems.

References

* ''Filíocht na gCeannanáin,'' Seán Ó Ceallaigh, Baile Átha Cliath, An Clóchomhar, 1967. Writers from County Galway 1865 deaths 1790s births 19th-century Irish poets Irish-language writers {{Ireland-poet-stub