School: Killeeter

Location:
Killeter, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
E. Ní Ghríobhtha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1004, Page 187

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  1. I
    My curse on Dublin Castle has sounded its death knell.
    Another bold "Sinn Feiner is murdered in his cell.
    On the 25th of September in nineteen seventeen
    Young Thomas Ashe was done to death by cruel Maxwell Green.
    II
    Why did you die young Thomas Ashe
    Till your object you would obtain
    Until you would see poor Ireland
    An nation once again
    But England's cruel tyrants with their secret service cash -
    They bribed the bloody jailers till they murdered Thomas Ashe.
    III
    He died a noble martyr at the age of thirty three.
    The finest - type of manhood was from Dingle to Tralee.
    He was a national Teacher
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    English