School: Cortubber
- Location:
- Cortober, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mary A. Burke
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- (continued from previous page)One of his toasts was:-
Here's to the bird with the green wing
Ireland free and a Fenian King. - The Land League was intensively supported in its day in this part of the country. The policemen were often very hostile and one policeman put his foot through the side of one of the league's drums. But this is the story of another Policeman from this part of Ireland.
I won't give his name but this particular young man was sent to the Galway District and he was told off to guard a Landlord who was marked for his cruelty and injustice.
The poor policeman spent a good part of the night walking up and down outside no matter how cold the night. One morning the(continues on next page)