School: Cortubber
- Location:
- Cortober, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mary A. Burke
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0237, Page 017
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- (continued from previous page)The Shooting of Lord LeitrimGood people of this country attend both young and old.
I claim your kind attention to these few lines I unfold.
Youve heard of Lord Leitrim he got a sad downfall.
Near to the town of Milford in the County Donegal.It was on some cases of evictions his lordship down did go.
Not thinking for a moment that he would meet his overthrow
Or that men would lie in ambush on him to wait.
or which his clerk and driver met an untimely fate
It was the second of April about half past nine o clock
When his car came to Gorton Wood it met a fearful shock
Makin was knocked senseless by some slugs of lead(continues on next page)
- Informant
- John Gray
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mohill, Co. Leitrim
