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