I grew up in Enniscorthy in County Wexford as mentioned in this song. As a kid I played on Vinegar Hill with my friends,where the 1798 battle between Fr.Murphy and his men and the British took place.
I enjoyed the video right up until 2:23 when I almost shat myself ? What the fuck are the Royal Irish rangers doing glorifying a British flag in this video ?
Religion was merely used and is still being used as a tool by an imperialist, enslaver. It is no more about religion today then it was at any time in Ireland's history. An enslaved native peoples merely rose up against a brutal dictatorial tyrant. Personally, I have long been tired of hearing the taig, prod bit. Remove the tyrant and Ireland shall be at peace, Amen!
I guess ithis is an old Irish tune and can be used for other songs but the Australian song "Moreton Bay" is older and better - and springs from folk experience.
for god sake get over yourselves the pair of you. it was 100 years ago. you are what the country are today racist... be it religon, colour, or whatever... get with the times, things have well changed now . GROW THE FUCK UP
Also I notice how he never mentions the murder of Anglican civilans by presbyterian rebels(admittedly without orders from their leaders) in Ulster during the rebellion. Clearly Mr. Hamilton is afraid to confront the sectarian tension between Anglican and Presbyterians at the time or is just an amateur historian like you. Clearly the actions of the united Irishmen embarrass people like Hamilton as it proves once again how disloyal Ulster Scots, at various times have historical been to the crown.
All serious historians accept that sectarian murder was carried out by rogue elements within the rebels against all religions at the time. No serious historian would claim otherwise. If you want to know more I can give you the names of Anglican clergy in various parts of Ulster who have kindly provide me with valuable information in my research into the rebellion in Ulster.
Sonny it seems your well out of your depth in historical matters.
Well firstly he claims that a priest signed an order for the deaths at Scullabougue. School boy error or lie. It was an out of control angry mob and no orders where given for it. It was mainly organized by rogue elements of both protestant and catholic faith. So clearly it was not sectarian.
Also he claim on burrows is correct. However he fails to mention this was carried out under the orders of Thomas Dixon, a protestant.
"In the south of the island the insurrection assumed much more
formidable dimensions, and was not crushed before much blood
had been shed. It assumed here the form of a religious war.
Romanism was for the time in the ascendant, and in a delirium
of fierce joy feasted gluttonously on Protestant blood"
From hamiltons book. what a clown. He goes on about a religious war in the south but fails to mention the killing of both catholic and Presbyterians by cowardly yeomen.
Does he mention the brutal disarming of Ulster in 1797, where the United Irish had successfully radicalized both Protestants and Catholics, saw thousands of Catholics driven from counties Antrim, Down and Armagh, and the murder, torture and imprisonment of hundreds of Protestants suspected of United Irish sympathies?
There werre actyakky to Father Muphys brothers weho both becane piests, John and Michael , I think it was Fther Michael that was killed at the revolution,though
Oliver1690 Your beloved pros did their best to starve the Catholics and Wexford town ran thick with the blood of men woman and children in Cromwells little human slaughter house, The Bull Ring.. So fuck off and get back to sucking the queens dick. You lost.
So, are you saying that what I have written is incorrect or simply that you don't much like the fact that it has been dragged out into the light?
Also, can you produce one eyewitness source that claims Cromwell was either involved in or ordered the death of non-combatants during his campaign in Ireland?
fair enough Oliver, i retract that last statement. apologies.
Im a firm believer of the fact that exploitation of a peoples differences will only lead to one thing & that is division and thus can be nurtured into racial and sectarian conflict & hatred. Exactly what has happened in the case of both our history. (implying of course that you are from Ireland or of desent at least).
While sectarianism undoubtedly played a part in many murders during the rising, religion was often taken as a signifier of loyalty or disloyalty by both sides and the fact that Protestants were often among the perpetrators and Catholics among the victims of rebel massacres indicates that victims lost their lives for being perceived as loyalists as opposed to purely religious reasons.
"One place lives in infamy in the memories of many _ the barn of Scullabogue. Into this, 184 Protestants, chiefly old men, women and children, were driven at the pike's point. In obedience to an order for their massacre, signed by a priest, they were brought out one by one and shot or piked while their murderers actually licked up the blood which ran from their wounds."
Please gets your fact right Sir. Although the massacre has been regarded as sectarian in origin, at least 20 of the victims were Catholic and a number of the perpetrators were Protestants.
Also you should mention the battle of New Ross. civilians of both sympathies alike were killed by crown forces which lead to Scullabogue incident.
Also does he mention house burnings, torture of captives, pitchcapping and murder, particularly in Ulster of both catholic and Presbyterians by cowardly yeomanry?
Does he mention the countless civilians on both sides who were murdered by the military, who also practised gang rape, particularly in County Wexford?
Also does he mention the masscre of anglicans by Henry Joys men?
Also does he mention how the cowardly yeomanry began a spree of looting, burning and murder In Antrim?
"It would take too long to tell all the other horrors of that awful time in the south of Ireland, the fearful scenes which were enacted at Enniscorthy and in the town of Wexford and elsewhere."
"Fr Murphy and the horde of other Romish ruffians whom he had collected, feasted on the slaughter of Protestants, while, to give the proceedings the solemn sanction of Mother Church, 20 priests said Mass at regular intervals in different parts of the camp, and a great tub of holy water was daily blessed, that the murderers might sprinkle themselves with it and go to their work feeling that they had the blessing of the Church in their pious work."
"From the windmill they were brought out in batches to be piked. The windmill was filled from the barn, and the barn from the surrounding country; and so every day, like tigers which had tasted blood and could not be satisfied...."
"A camp was formed at Vinegar Hill, and its record is simply sickening. A windmill stood on top of the hill and a barn at the foot. The country was scoured for miles round and all the Protestants on whom hands could be laid brought in and crowded into these buildings."
"They began on a Sabbath morning. A Protestant clergyman named Burrows was brutally murdered. His son was mortally wounded, and when seven of his parishioners had been also despatched, his poor wife was left sitting on the lawn among the bleeding bodies, beside her dead husband and her dying boy, with her home in flames behind her. Similar brutalities day after day marked the path of this bloodthirsty ecclesiastic. He hounded on his followers to deeds at which humanity blushes."
Everybody knows that by granting Presbyterians the beginnings of the political reform that had been at the heart of their demands, while withholding the Emancipation so important to Catholic activists was the reason why Presbyterians started becoming unionists. It killed off their republican ideals simply because the masses were easily swayed into sectarian beliefs on both sides.
Awsome...this was my grandads favourite and was sung at his funeral, although a good few years ago now it still brings a tear to my eye....love you gran.
Best version ! This song belongs to Brendan Bowyer,only, as he is the only one that can sing it properly! Brilliant performer - what a voice - still going as strong as ever - the best !! Rock on King of Irish music ! xx
Father Murphy was hanged to death. His body was burned in the Square in Tullow and his head was removed and placed on a spike at the junction of Old Chapel Lane and Mill Street where it remained until a local woman had it removed and buried in the Mullan graveyard. The actual spot is now unknown.
This wont last forever! The irish republic wont last forever. the government and leaders are so pathetic the people will start to turn against them. a few more years and the country will be on the verge of revolution.
I grew up in Enniscorthy in County Wexford as mentioned in this song. As a kid I played on Vinegar Hill with my friends,where the 1798 battle between Fr.Murphy and his men and the British took place.
Filmitis 2 weeks ago
The King George of England referred to is the same George who was King
during the American Revolutionary War.
There's none like the Irish for putting place names in their songs. Even
Johnny Cash did it when he wrote 40 Shades of Green.
Thanks for posting this exciting performance.
rockgor 6 months ago
I enjoyed the video right up until 2:23 when I almost shat myself ? What the fuck are the Royal Irish rangers doing glorifying a British flag in this video ?
1798Greenflag1916 1 year ago
Who is doing this song?
u3of52 1 year ago
Up deh yeller bellies.. C'mon the girls!!!!
Keshalover123xX 1 year ago
Religion was merely used and is still being used as a tool by an imperialist, enslaver. It is no more about religion today then it was at any time in Ireland's history. An enslaved native peoples merely rose up against a brutal dictatorial tyrant. Personally, I have long been tired of hearing the taig, prod bit. Remove the tyrant and Ireland shall be at peace, Amen!
feniansarecoming 1 year ago
To my infernal discredit I have to admit only very recently discovering Brendan Bowyer ... what a voice, absolutely lives the song.
TheCharles1954 1 year ago
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paul1x1 1 year ago
up the ra
jimthetim1973 2 years ago 3
Very informative about thus period in Irish history thanks
ryerin 2 years ago
I guess ithis is an old Irish tune and can be used for other songs but the Australian song "Moreton Bay" is older and better - and springs from folk experience.
ColganDJ 2 years ago
for god sake get over yourselves the pair of you. it was 100 years ago. you are what the country are today racist... be it religon, colour, or whatever... get with the times, things have well changed now . GROW THE FUCK UP
BLACKUB40 2 years ago
Also I notice how he never mentions the murder of Anglican civilans by presbyterian rebels(admittedly without orders from their leaders) in Ulster during the rebellion. Clearly Mr. Hamilton is afraid to confront the sectarian tension between Anglican and Presbyterians at the time or is just an amateur historian like you. Clearly the actions of the united Irishmen embarrass people like Hamilton as it proves once again how disloyal Ulster Scots, at various times have historical been to the crown.
emilyhobhouse 2 years ago
All serious historians accept that sectarian murder was carried out by rogue elements within the rebels against all religions at the time. No serious historian would claim otherwise. If you want to know more I can give you the names of Anglican clergy in various parts of Ulster who have kindly provide me with valuable information in my research into the rebellion in Ulster.
Sonny it seems your well out of your depth in historical matters.
emilyhobhouse 2 years ago 4
@emilyhobhouse Forget ulster for the moment,father murphy was from WEXFORD,carried the fight throughout Ireland,almost suceeded
lneranger4 4 months ago
@lneranger4
I agree. I must go to wexford having read so much!
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emilyhobhouse 2 years ago 2
"What part of his account is incorrect?"
Well firstly he claims that a priest signed an order for the deaths at Scullabougue. School boy error or lie. It was an out of control angry mob and no orders where given for it. It was mainly organized by rogue elements of both protestant and catholic faith. So clearly it was not sectarian.
Also he claim on burrows is correct. However he fails to mention this was carried out under the orders of Thomas Dixon, a protestant.
emilyhobhouse 2 years ago 3
Up the rebels.... remember 98
getuptheyard 2 years ago
comin to the Radisson hotel sligo Ireland 14th November 2009
bambooman1 2 years ago
"In the south of the island the insurrection assumed much more
formidable dimensions, and was not crushed before much blood
had been shed. It assumed here the form of a religious war.
Romanism was for the time in the ascendant, and in a delirium
of fierce joy feasted gluttonously on Protestant blood"
From hamiltons book. what a clown. He goes on about a religious war in the south but fails to mention the killing of both catholic and Presbyterians by cowardly yeomen.
emilyhobhouse 2 years ago
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emilyhobhouse,
Come along now love, don't make me laugh.
Why is Rev. Hamilton "a clown"?
Could it be because he offers up a different view on the events of 1798 than the 'balanced' one presented on this site?
What part of his account is incorrect?
Your contributions are the usual 'whatabout' response to information that you simply would rather not see or hear.
The great myth of the non-sectarian rising has been challenged.
Your response only serves to reinforce the point.
Oliver1649 2 years ago
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emilyhobhouse 2 years ago
Does he mention the brutal disarming of Ulster in 1797, where the United Irish had successfully radicalized both Protestants and Catholics, saw thousands of Catholics driven from counties Antrim, Down and Armagh, and the murder, torture and imprisonment of hundreds of Protestants suspected of United Irish sympathies?
emilyhobhouse 2 years ago
There werre actyakky to Father Muphys brothers weho both becane piests, John and Michael , I think it was Fther Michael that was killed at the revolution,though
Jamo1973 2 years ago
Oliver1690 Your beloved pros did their best to starve the Catholics and Wexford town ran thick with the blood of men woman and children in Cromwells little human slaughter house, The Bull Ring.. So fuck off and get back to sucking the queens dick. You lost.
xpatrickkingx 2 years ago 3
xpatrickkingx,
So, are you saying that what I have written is incorrect or simply that you don't much like the fact that it has been dragged out into the light?
Also, can you produce one eyewitness source that claims Cromwell was either involved in or ordered the death of non-combatants during his campaign in Ireland?
Thought not.
You lost before you began my friend....lol.
Oliver1649 2 years ago
good man oliver... i'm thinking of changing my name to hitler1939. glorify ethnic clensing and all that.
djShite 2 years ago
djShite,
Anything more than Mickey Mouse comments to offer then?
Any facts to present or points to make?
Thought not.
I guess you're well named....lol.
Oliver1649 2 years ago
facts??? wouldnt be something your sort deal with!
ya dirty little orange man.
djShite 2 years ago
djShite,
"your sort"?
Please explain.
Oliver1649 2 years ago
fair enough Oliver, i retract that last statement. apologies.
Im a firm believer of the fact that exploitation of a peoples differences will only lead to one thing & that is division and thus can be nurtured into racial and sectarian conflict & hatred. Exactly what has happened in the case of both our history. (implying of course that you are from Ireland or of desent at least).
djShite 2 years ago
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emilyhobhouse 2 years ago
While sectarianism undoubtedly played a part in many murders during the rising, religion was often taken as a signifier of loyalty or disloyalty by both sides and the fact that Protestants were often among the perpetrators and Catholics among the victims of rebel massacres indicates that victims lost their lives for being perceived as loyalists as opposed to purely religious reasons.
emilyhobhouse 2 years ago
"One place lives in infamy in the memories of many _ the barn of Scullabogue. Into this, 184 Protestants, chiefly old men, women and children, were driven at the pike's point. In obedience to an order for their massacre, signed by a priest, they were brought out one by one and shot or piked while their murderers actually licked up the blood which ran from their wounds."
Oliver1649 2 years ago
Please gets your fact right Sir. Although the massacre has been regarded as sectarian in origin, at least 20 of the victims were Catholic and a number of the perpetrators were Protestants.
Also you should mention the battle of New Ross. civilians of both sympathies alike were killed by crown forces which lead to Scullabogue incident.
emilyhobhouse 2 years ago
Also does he mention house burnings, torture of captives, pitchcapping and murder, particularly in Ulster of both catholic and Presbyterians by cowardly yeomanry?
Does he mention the countless civilians on both sides who were murdered by the military, who also practised gang rape, particularly in County Wexford?
Also does he mention the masscre of anglicans by Henry Joys men?
Also does he mention how the cowardly yeomanry began a spree of looting, burning and murder In Antrim?
emilyhobhouse 2 years ago
"It would take too long to tell all the other horrors of that awful time in the south of Ireland, the fearful scenes which were enacted at Enniscorthy and in the town of Wexford and elsewhere."
Oliver1649 2 years ago
"Fr Murphy and the horde of other Romish ruffians whom he had collected, feasted on the slaughter of Protestants, while, to give the proceedings the solemn sanction of Mother Church, 20 priests said Mass at regular intervals in different parts of the camp, and a great tub of holy water was daily blessed, that the murderers might sprinkle themselves with it and go to their work feeling that they had the blessing of the Church in their pious work."
Oliver1649 2 years ago
"From the windmill they were brought out in batches to be piked. The windmill was filled from the barn, and the barn from the surrounding country; and so every day, like tigers which had tasted blood and could not be satisfied...."
Oliver1649 2 years ago
"A camp was formed at Vinegar Hill, and its record is simply sickening. A windmill stood on top of the hill and a barn at the foot. The country was scoured for miles round and all the Protestants on whom hands could be laid brought in and crowded into these buildings."
Oliver1649 2 years ago
"They began on a Sabbath morning. A Protestant clergyman named Burrows was brutally murdered. His son was mortally wounded, and when seven of his parishioners had been also despatched, his poor wife was left sitting on the lawn among the bleeding bodies, beside her dead husband and her dying boy, with her home in flames behind her. Similar brutalities day after day marked the path of this bloodthirsty ecclesiastic. He hounded on his followers to deeds at which humanity blushes."
Oliver1649 2 years ago
From 'The History of Presbyterianism in Ulster' written by Thomas Hamilton regarding the 1798 rebellion:
"....under the leadership of a Romish priest, Fr Murphy of Boolavogue. The most horrid atrocities were here perpetrated...."
Oliver1649 2 years ago
Everybody knows that by granting Presbyterians the beginnings of the political reform that had been at the heart of their demands, while withholding the Emancipation so important to Catholic activists was the reason why Presbyterians started becoming unionists. It killed off their republican ideals simply because the masses were easily swayed into sectarian beliefs on both sides.
Does Hamilton mention this in his book?
emilyhobhouse 2 years ago
Has anyone heard of Father Murphy of Boolavogue?
Oliver1649 2 years ago
Awsome...this was my grandads favourite and was sung at his funeral, although a good few years ago now it still brings a tear to my eye....love you gran.
TIOCFAIDH AR LA.
defibrillations 2 years ago 2
Nobody sings this better than Brendan Bowyer.
Mind you, I couldn't imagine him singing the Sam Song haha
Great upload
Erin Go Bragh
087shrek 2 years ago
Thats brilliant version but does anyone know where i could brendan wades version of this song? tanx
fearrsalach 3 years ago
As Jonathan Swift said: "Burn everything british except their coal!"
percivallll 3 years ago 3
Many thanks for posting this; I had thought Josef Lockes version of this was best, but I now think it's second best.
cambsgeezer 3 years ago
Forgot to say a big thank You to RedCeltic for sharing this excellent video with us !
blackwaterswan 3 years ago
Best version ! This song belongs to Brendan Bowyer,only, as he is the only one that can sing it properly! Brilliant performer - what a voice - still going as strong as ever - the best !! Rock on King of Irish music ! xx
blackwaterswan 3 years ago
Everyone should check out my friend Terrence O'Flaherty's version of Boulavougue. It's both beautiful and stirring.
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0emma0alexz0fan0 3 years ago
Lovely Singing
987wexford 3 years ago
"great version of the song
father murphy was burned to death no hanged "
Actually, he was tortured first. Once he had given the British all the information they wanted he was hanged.
Afterwards he was decapitated and his body was burned.
ratmaaan 3 years ago
tiocfaidh ar la
1916supermc 3 years ago
excelllent!thank you very much for posting this version of the song!long live the free ireland!down with brittish imperialism!
danutpopescu 3 years ago
great version of the song
father murphy was burned to death no hanged
metalgearsolidfan 3 years ago
Father Murphy was hanged to death. His body was burned in the Square in Tullow and his head was removed and placed on a spike at the junction of Old Chapel Lane and Mill Street where it remained until a local woman had it removed and buried in the Mullan graveyard. The actual spot is now unknown.
skippie123456789 3 years ago
Nobody knows what happened to the body of his companion James Gallager, hanged with Father Murphy.
skippie123456789 3 years ago
hes burried in ballykearney skippie i was at his grave for a march this summer past
metalgearsolidfan 3 years ago
Showing my geographical ignorance now. Where's Ballykearney?
skippie123456789 3 years ago
just a bit out of carlow in wexford its pretty much the middle of nowhere we unveiled a new plaque to him
metalgearsolidfan 3 years ago
Off the Bunclody/Enniscorthy road? I was trying to place it near Tullow! Must visit it sometime. Thanks
skippie123456789 3 years ago
its beside a little village called marshalstown i can get you direct directions
metalgearsolidfan 3 years ago
This wont last forever! The irish republic wont last forever. the government and leaders are so pathetic the people will start to turn against them. a few more years and the country will be on the verge of revolution.
nationalist19 3 years ago
gobshite
Murphy4709 3 years ago
grreat version of a fantastic song--thanks for posting it
seamusberen 3 years ago
hope its not 2 long now till we see a united ireland #####
alargedog 3 years ago 2
Workers of all lands unite.
majorMcpharter 3 years ago 3
Saoirse
barbh1 3 years ago 2
God Bless the men of 1798!
blunt1984 3 years ago 2
UP THE RA! Happy St.Patrics day F.W.
IWW610 3 years ago 4
The cause of Labor is the cause of Ireland, the cause of Ireland is the cause of Labor. --Fellow Worker James Connolly.
RedCeltic 3 years ago 2
Outstanding quote. I love Connolly. Solidarity F.W.
IWW610 3 years ago