School: Gleann
- Location:
- An Gleann, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: (ní thugtar ainm)
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- (continued from previous page)He swore I was the man,
He saw upon the staircase
With a pistol in my hand.
IV
The jury found him guilty
One bleak December day,
And the Judge made up his mind
To take his life away;
He was murdered in old Ireland
Far across the sea,
One thousand men like Cadogan
Would set old Ireland free,
V
When they took him to the prison
No danger did he fear,
He knew that he was innocent
This gallant mountaineer;
The jury thought the same of him
But some decreed it so,
Despite the perjured evidence
Of Dennis and Dukelow
VI
The blood hounds and informers
Baffled at the sea,
Hounded, gallant, Cadogan
Which proved his destiny;(continues on next page)
