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Pádraig Ó Miléadha

Pádraig Ó Miléadha was born in Sceithini near Touraneena in 1877. He spent part of his life as an Irish teacher in the early days of the the independent Irish state. He had attended the National Schools in Touraneena and Kilbrien and grew up in a community where the old Gaelic traditons and language were losing ground to English. He learned the Irish language and traditions in that area at a time when Ireland was awakening but was paradoxically allowing its Gaelic-speaking areas to dwindle and grow smaller. Like many others, he emigrated to Wales where he spent over 20 years. It was during this period that he wrote his lovely song. He returned to Ireland in 1922. A monument celebrating Pádraig Ó Miléadha was erected in the centre of Touraneena in 1977. The fund raising committee produced a pamphlet at that time. It is from this carefully preserved family heirloom that the bibilographic material given above is taken.

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