A Dublin Battle Ditty
A republican handbill with the text of a ballad titled 'A Dublin Battle Ditty' referring to the attack by the forces of the Provisional Government on the Four Courts and the ensuing fighting in Dublin in June and July 1922.
Details
- Level of description
- Item
- Date
- 1922
- Reference
- 49
- Extent and medium
- 1 p.; Printed
- Scope and content
- A republican handbill with the text of a ballad titled 'A Dublin Battle Ditty' referring to the attack by the forces of the Provisional Government on the Four Courts and the ensuing fighting in Dublin in June and July 1922.
- Repository
- Irish Capuchin Archives
- Context
- Irish Capuchin Archives > Capuchin Papers relating to the Irish Revolution > Pamphlets, Cartoons and Publicity Material > Anti-Treaty Publicity Material
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Extracted Mentions
People, places, and terms identified via handwriting recognition and named entity recognition.
Sample passages
- And likewise with O'Connell street , the like I've never .
- Then Michael Collins came along an unto me did say .
- # O"Connell Street .
Full Transcript (OCR, 1 pages)
Machine-generated OCR transcript. Handwritten material may contain recognition errors.
Page 1
June-July , 1922 . A Dublin Battle Ditty , Sure I met with Dick Mulcaby an ' he took me by the drawing night , of more , Gresham stand ? So we'll finish what the British started here in Easter Irish State , Then I bid them all Good Evening ! for the dusk was seen of lace ) . Four Courts down , Dublin town , They've listened to your good advice and blown the O , Churchill dear , and did you hear the news from Then Michael Collins came along an unto me did say . Next time Elections come around I'll vote the other An' guns ( the best ) , as per request , and lorries painted place . asthore . # O"Connell Street . But this much I'll remember if I live to see the day , I'm in , Air : " The Wearin' o' the Green . " These rebels want a lesson . we cannot stand their cheek . Then along came Arthur Griffith ( whom I had not To make good all this damage . O , where will we get And likewise with O'Connell street , the like I've never . The guns were most effective in their work along the Sure I'm out for law and order like Greenwood was hand , I saked him how was everything with the new Free the tin . For Churchill has just asked me , come and take my green . seen , way . week . " quar , It was't safe to be around when shots begin to fly . Och , sex he , it's not a Free State . but an awful are ex he , how goes it ' cross the town , how does the