School: Arva (C.)
- Location:
- Arvagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs Mc Govern
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0984, Page 115
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- (continued from previous page)called the "Iron Brigade. If the rents of the houses were not paid within a certain time he used to get these men to burn down the houses.
When he saw that the people could fix up the houses that were burned he tried another plan. He got the men to knock the houses down to the ground.
One day the whole people of this district held a meeting called the "Secret Socity" to see which of them would shoot this Lord Leitrim. It is suppose a man named Kelly had to shoot him. He was arrested and transported to Spike Island. There is a song about him and a verse of it is as follows :-
I am lonely to night for you Kelly
You sleep in Spike Island's cold walls
There say it was you shot Lord Leitrim(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Smith
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Arvagh, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mr John Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 71
