"TIM'S" DIRGE.
HEALY AND KIPLING. Once when Mr. Tim Healy, Gov-ernor-General of the Irish Free State, was in Spain, he met Kipling, who according to Mr. Healy. does not like him for political reasons. What happened at the. meeting is told by the great Irishman himself. " 'Kipling,' I said, 'I suppose we can shake hands on neutral soil, although I would (Shake hands with you anywhere?" •' 'Haven't they shot you yet?" asked Kipling. " •Wo, but v-oen they do shoot me,' I replied, 'I would like you to write a dirge about me.' "'l'll be delighted,' Kipling replied."
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Shannon News, 9 April 1925, Page 4
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97"TIM'S" DIRGE. Shannon News, 9 April 1925, Page 4
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