Micheál Ó Síoda () was an Irish

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and

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. Ó Síoda was a native of Carnmore, and knowledgeable about the history of the

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Lackagh Lackagh () is a Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in County Galway, Ireland. It is approximately halfway between Galway city and Tuam (east of a line between these two towns) and bounded by the parishes of Athenry, Abbeyknockmoy, Corofin, ...

Turloughmore Turloughmore ( ; ) is a village in County Galway, Ireland. The name means "the large lake," a notable feature of the area, together with the Clare River (''Abhainn an Chláir''). Turloughmore lies on the N63 national secondary road. It is a sm ...

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. He was an especial authority on the Fair of

, and its accompanying faction fights. Much of his material has found its way into print in local history books. In 1909 he wrote a book called ''Leabhar na nAmhrán'', which included handwritten songs received from Pádhraic Ó Comáin of Cregmore. A copy, by

Ciarán Bairéad Ciarán Bairéad (1905–1976) was an Irish folklorist, scribe and scholar. Ciarán Bairéad was born into a native Irish speaking family in Dublin on 17 February 1905. His parents were Siobhán Ní Mhurchú and Stiofán Bairéad (1867-1921), ...

, is kept at the Department of Irish Folklore at

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, along with interviews of Ó Síoda.

References

* ''In Their Own Words: The Parish of

and its People'', ed. Liz Blackmore, John Cronin, Donal Ferrie and Brid Higgins,

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, 2001. . Writers from County Galway 20th-century Irish people Irish-language writers {{Ireland-writer-stub