School: Béal an Átha Móir (B.)
- Location:
- Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Ó Heslin
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“Our country lost a soldier, And the poor man lost a friend;...”
IOur country lost a soldier,
And the poor man lost a
friend;
Oppression's grasp he loosened,
And he made the tyrant
bend.
Until death's cruel mandate
Obliged him to obey,
And caused him to surrender
On the 25th of May.IIThe loss of valiant Darcy
We will ever bear in mind;
He was a man of action,
And in manner but a child.
By all he was respected,
His name shall be inserted(continues on next page)- Collector
- Francis Michael Mc Govern
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloverhill or Corglass, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Tom Moran
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 49
- Address
- Clogher, Co. Leitrim