Micheál Ó Conghaile () was an Irish

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. Ó Conghaile transcribed poetry, including ''Dán na Gaoithe Móire'' (

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) and ''Dán an Cholera'' (poem of

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). He also transmitted poetry by

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and old folk poems. He died "on the roadside" (''ar thaoibh an bhóthair'') near the national school of Ballinderreen in the parish of Cummer,

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. One scholar who examined his manuscripts, Tomás de Róiste, despaired of understanding Ó Conghaile's difficult script, saying that his "handwriting is something terrible to make out ... I had it 4 years and found it a Chinese puzzle!".

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