Tadgh Quill-Manley Poet Rhyme

DD Sheehan

Raised in North Cork
A man who received widespread adulation
It’s D.D Sheehan, B.L
Of the Irish Land & Labour Association

A poet and wordsmith
Who build the branch network from scratch
To protect those tenants burnt out
From cottages of thatch

Charles Tanner’s death
Left a hole in Mid-Cork
Then up stepped D.D
Which gave political breadth

One great achievement
Was the Act of 1911
Model homes around Blarney
Brought workers closer to heaven

For Home Rule, he tried
To give the poor Irish their governance
Despite a role in the Great War
He found that the Crown had defied

Off to South England he went
To re-assess his fate
A forerunner to Attlee he served
Worthwhile to emigrate?

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