War of Independence

IE OCL P29/18
Deel
7 August 1921

Part of Autograph book of John Lennon/Maggie B. Corcoran

Verse by 'B. J. M. ', Hut 26, Rath Camp:

'Oft as I've lain in my hut at night
And through the roof the rain came pouring
Then I've tucked the clothes around my head
And joined the chorus snoring'

OCL P29 Lennon Page 23

IE OCL P29/23
Deel
1921

Part of Autograph book of John Lennon/Maggie B. Corcoran

Quote by Sir Walter Scott transcribed by Kieran Temple, Hut 28:

'Breathes there a man with soul so dead
Who ne'er to himself has said
This is my own; my native land'

OCL P29 Lennon Page 55

IE OCL P29/55
Deel
9 August 1921

Part of Autograph book of John Lennon/Maggie B. Corcoran

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.

OCL P29 Lennon Page 78

IE OCL P29/78
Deel
16 August 1921

Part of Autograph book of John Lennon/Maggie B. Corcoran

Painting of a pair of slippered feet and a cat in front of a fireplace. Entitled 'My thoughts go wandering home. Visions of Comfort' by J. Halpin (Drogheda), Rath Camp.

Memoir by Kathleen Barnwell, Birr

IE OCL P31
Stuk
1918-1985

Typescript of memoir titled ‘Do You Remember’. Recounts the life in Birr and covers the following subjects: soldiers from Birr returning from World War I (1918), the Treaty (1921), occupation of Free State Troops of ‘The Gorm' (the workhouse) in Birr (1922), burning of Crinkle Barracks (1922) and other reminiscences of life in Birr from 1930s to 1980s.

Barnwell, Kathleen