School: Clanna Caoilte (B.) (roll number 12286)
- Location:
- Clonakilty, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Síthe
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0311, Page 255
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- (continued from previous page)were the heroes whom Dick exhorted his pupils to emulate. Thanks to his teaching, the Government of the Irish Republic had no more loyal citizens than Dicks pupils to the majority of whom he was not only their teacher but their hero and idol.Dick endeared himself to his comrades in arms no less than to his pupils. Gay unassuming and generous to a fault there was nothing of the braggart gunmen about Dick. He did not love fighting for fighting sake. The spirit of christianity humanity and gentlemanliness filled his soul too much to permit of that.It was the galling reality that his country was in chains and his belief that only physical force could break those chains, that(continues on next page)
