School: Drumatemple (B.) (roll number 7496)
- Location:
- Drumatemple, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Michael Quinn
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- XML “A Railway Accident”
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- (continued from previous page)I now will quickly state,
A pair of bogey wheels,
about 1 cwt weight,
And a starved old goat being tied to them
for an unknown time, And in pursuit of food she went,
With the wheels along the line,
The night of the wreck
no cause of it to hand.
But next morning early were the marks
Done by two malicious hands.
Long since secrets were made known
Those secrets now I quote.
The perpetrator of the crime
was a dam old half-starved goat.
Now Sgt P. MacNelty,
endeavoured with great main,
To make public what caused
The obstruction to the train,
And a long and tedious search,
Succeeded true and brave,
Finding for posterity, The disaster to a newly made grave, Soon taking fast his pick and and spade,
To ascertain the ground ,
and in opening up the new made grave,(continues on next page)- Collector
- Thomas Govern
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloonagrassan, Co. Roscommon