School: Gortnaskeagh (roll number 16321)
- Location:
- Gortnaskeagh, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Anna Nic Aodha
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A Song
“Come all ye true (and) brave Irish men,”
Come all you true and brave Irish men,
Attend both young and old,
I claim your kind attention,
To those lines I do unfold,
You all heard of Lord Leitrim,
Who meet [met] a sad downfall,
Near to the town of Milford,
In the county Donegal.
2
In some cases of eviction,
His Lordship down did fall,
Not thinking for a moment,
It would prove his overthrow,
Or that men would lie in Ambush,
All for him there to wait,
On which his clerk and driver,
Met a untimely fate.
3
It was the 2th October,
At half past nine o'clock,
When his car had come to Gortla wood,
They got a fearful shock,
Makim was nocked senseless,(continues on next page)- Collector
- Annie Gilmartin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tawnymoyle, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mr Gilmartin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tawnymoyle, Co. Leitrim