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Patrick O'Kelly, aged 17, was chosen to accept the surrender on behalf of the rebels and was appointed a Colonel so he could properly treat with General Dundas. The meeting was cordial but Lake refused any terms, other than the complete surrender of the rebels in the avenue of Castlemartin. O'Kelly said the rebels would only surrender on the hill.
His exploits are commemorated in the famous Irish ballad Kelly the Boy From Killane written by Patrick Joseph McCall (1861–1919). Liam Gaul describes how McCall wrote the song to commemorate the centenary of the 1798 Rebellion, although it was not published in book form until it appeared in McCall's Irish Fireside Songs in 1911. [5]
The album was released in 1998 to commemorate the bicentenary of the events and is accompanied by a detailed booklet about the rebellion and each of the songs on the album. 'The booklet, as well as containing a concise account of the rising, has biographies of all the leaders of the 1798 rebellion, and a handsome cover illustration.
This category is for ballads or songs historically and/or thematically related to the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Pages in category "Ballads of the Irish Rebellion of 1798" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
The ballad has taken the tune of another Irish ballad, "The Wearing of the Green", [1] and was first published in John Keegan Casey's 1866 collection of poems and songs, A Wreath of Shamrocks. The lyrics were written by Casey (1846–70), the " Fenian Poet", who based the poem on the failed 1798 uprising in Granard , County Longford .
Liam Gaul [1] states that "Boolavogue" is the song most closely associated with PJ McCall, and has become an anthem for Wexford. Gaul notes that "Boolavogue" was not published in any of McCall's literary works, and was first printed in the Irish Independent on 18 June 1898 under the title Fr Murphy of the County Wexford .
The ballad was lyrics were composed by Robert Dwyer Joyce [2] and music by Arthur Warren Darley, who also composed other Wexford ballads, "Boolavogue" and "Kelly the Boy from Killanne". [ 3 ] On the Isle of Man, the tune is known as Yn Speigh Er My Gealin (The Pick On My Shoulder).
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 (Irish: Éirí Amach 1798; Ulster-Scots: The Turn out, [6] The Hurries, [7] 1798 Rebellion [8]) was a popular insurrection against the British Crown in what was then the separate, but subordinate, Kingdom of Ireland. The main organising force was the Society of United Irishmen.