Seán Mag Fhloinn () was an Irish

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. Mag Fhloinn was a native of Cummer,

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. His transcriptions included songs attributed to

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 ...

, poems by

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, and

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References

*''Scríobhaithe Lámhscríbhinní Gaeilge I nGaillimh 1700-1900'', William Mahon, in "Galway: History and Society", 1996 Writers from County Galway Irish-language writers Irish scribes 19th-century Irish people 20th-century Irish people 1915 deaths {{Ireland-writer-stub