Daniel Desmond Sheehan

“ Affright the innocent, the weak and unoffending of the human race.
They came from Bantry and from Donegal,
From all the scattered plains and lowly hamlets in between,
From beauteous Wicklow Vales and lovely Antrim Glens,
Some trudged with broken boots and blistered feet,
Obedient to the fiercely-burning inward urge,
To fulfil themselves unto themselves
And yielding all gain all
That it is given men to win
In fulfilment of the Divine Law of Greater Love. ”

“ Who would debase the golden coinage of their heroism
Of that wondrous loyalty and deep devotion
That sanctified the Common clay of man
And gave to life the privilege of dying
That Truth and Liberty and Honour may survive. ”