"Boolavogue" - Irish Ballad

"Boolavogue" is an Irish ballad commemorating the campaign of Father John Murphy and his army in County Wexford, during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Father Murphy of Boolavogue led his parishioners in routing the Camolin Yeomen Cavalry on May 26, 1798. The Wexford insurgents were eventually defeated at Vinegar Hill on June 21. Father Murphy and the other rebel leaders were subsequently hanged.
It was composed by Patrick Joseph McCall in 1898, at the centenary of the Rebellion. The tune of the song was taken from an old air named "Eochaill", or "Youghal Harbour" in English. The tune had previously been used in the Irish Australian traditional song "Moreton Bay", written by an unknown author (presumably a convict) around 1830.
Performed by Paddy Reilly, 1986.