Machnamh an Duine Dhoilíosaigh (The Melancholy Man’s Reflections), Seán Ó Coileáin, (1754-1817) (John Collins, The Silver Tongue of Carbery), and his Manuscripts.

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Machnamh an Duine Dhoilíosaigh (The Melancholy Man’s Reflections), Seán Ó Coileáin, (1754-1817) (John Collins, The Silver Tongue of Carbery), and his Manuscripts.

Courtesy JCHAS 1892

Séan Ó Coileáin (1754-1817), Carbery Poet, ‘The Silver tongue of Munster’, born into an Ireland of Broken Abbeys, Roofless Churches, Battered castles, Burnt Houses, Deserted Villages united in common Poverty. Attendance 1773 at Coimba, Portugal, College for Christian Refugees.

https://durrushistory.com/2013/12/21/sean-o-coileain-john-collins-1754-1816-poet-of-carbery-co-cork/