Identity area
Reference code
IE OCL P29/55
Title
OCL P29 Lennon Page 55
Date(s)
- 9 August 1921 (Creation)
Level of description
Part
Extent and medium
1p
Context area
Name of creator
(1897-1937)
Repository
Archival history
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Verses transcribed Padraic Ó Briain, Rath Camp:
They lost! But O! They conquer
These men who their land would save
A firing party at break of day.
And a tasty quick-lime grave.
But think not of them with scorn
Nor mourn for the cause they died
This death saved Ireland's honour
What mattered all else beside.
We've been told twas a failure by those that ne'er understood
How the new born soul of Erin was baptised in martyrs' blood
And to all who crave for freedom, as the world its
meaning know, I give them this little story
The story of Glorious Easter Week.