Public talk on famous Laois poet who wrote 'Caoch The Piper'
almost 3 years in Leinster Express
One of the most beloved Irish poems many learned in school is by a Laois poet. Caoch the Piper (listen to it below) was written by John Keegan from Shanahoe, a poet and ballad singer in the early 19th century. Though he died aged just 40 from cholera, The 'peasants' poet' had lived through a dramati
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