School: Ballyvongane (Measctha)
- Location:
- Ballyvongane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: D. Ó Céilleachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0343, Page 079
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“The following notes are taken from a Scrap Book of a prisoner names M. Fitzgerald...”
The following notes are taken from a Scrap Book of a prisoner named M. Fitzgerald No. 12452. Hut 15, Tintown, Curragh and also Section 1 Wing 2. Female Prison, Cork.In Memory of Liam Lynch C/S. I.R.A. Killed in action April 10th 1923.Light of martyrs lead to heaven,
Ireland’s pure souled warrior brave,
All his thoughts were always riven, Motherland's sacred cause to save.Loved liberty had claimed his heart,
Yea; life he gave slavebonds to break
No greater hero e’er did take,
Calvary’s Cross for Ireland’s sake,
He soldiered well the soldier’s part.The Yarn of The Flea in Cork Female Jail.Did I ever tell you the story of The Fleas in Cork Jail?
How we “raided” our beds to nail them
And slaughtered the divils wholesale.
Yet one of the pests had escaped us,(continues on next page)