estate - "Teach Chosgardha". Raftery's poem seems to be in error in mentioning only 19 victims. Sport Annaghdown has Gaelic football, hurling, camogie and soccer clubs. The local hurling and Gaelic football club, Annaghdown GAA, has playing fields and a clubhouse in Cregg townland, on the road linking Cloonboo, on the N84, to Claregalway, on the N17. Corrib Celtic AFC is the local soccer club which has its grounds next to Annaghdown National School. Also beside Annaghdown National School is an indoor handball alley which caters for handball and racquet sports such as racquetball and squash. The courts were run down for a number of years but have recently been refurbished and a Handball and Raquetball Club is now active. Corrib RFC, a rugby club, is located in the nearby town of Headford. Poetry and music Eanach Dhúin This poem was composed by the travelling Irish poet, Antoine Ó Raifteiri, as a lament of the twenty people drowned at Menlo, Galway, on 4 September 1828. Irish songwriter Dick Farrelly wrote the song, "Annaghdown". The song was recorded by Sinead Stone & Gerard Farrelly on the album, "Legacy of a Quiet Man". Farrelly is best remembered for his song Isle of Innisfree, theme of the film, "The Quiet Man". Education There are four primary schools in Annaghdown parish: Annaghdown N.S., Castlehackett N.S., Corrandulla N.S. and Corrandrum N.S. Annalistic references The Annals of Inisfallen and Annals of the Four Masters contain a number of references to Annaghdown. AI1044.4 Aed, the anchorite, rested in Enach Dúin. M1241.1. Bishop O'Flaherty (i.e. Murtough), i.e. the Bishop of Annadown, died. 1411. The monastery of Annadown in the county of Galway was burned. See also Cregg Mill, County Galway Seoirse Brún References Civil parishes of County Galway Christian monasteries in the Republic of Ireland National Monuments in County Galway