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School: Druim Snámha (roll number 14057)

Location:
Drumsna, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Haodha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0213, Page 014

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    Each day as we go to school we read of great deed done for Ireland but before we reach the school we pass through the little village of Drumsna and like many mor villages in Ireland it has a martyr to its name. On a dark October's night in the year 1920 as volunteer Patrick Gill was going to his cousin wake in the company of his sister and another lady friend he was shot dead by British soldiers who claimed afterwards the called on him to halt that he refused to do so.
    Patrick Gill lived about a mile on the Roscommon side of the
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Liam Costello
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumsna, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Willie Costello
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumsna, Co. Leitrim